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Originally Posted by Si
I like this one! just found it on that wikipedia link
In Chinese, the term 足球 (Hanyu Pinyin: zúqiú, Cantonese: juk kau) is used. The term, a calque, literally means football (足=foot, 球=ball), and is always associated with association football.
Rugby is known as ganlanqiu (橄榄球, olive ball). American football can be referred to as a type of zuqiu, but it is more commonly seen as a type of ganlanqiu.
"Olive Ball" makes more sense  |
well, technically the handegg tag doesn't ring true. a football isn't shaped like an egg rly.
