Chinese

Noun

手球

1. handball (team sport)
2. handball (the offence of touching the ball with hands)

Japanese

Etymology

手 ‎(te, “hand”) +‎ 球 ‎(tama, “sphere”)

Noun

手球 ‎(hiragana てだま, romaji tedama)

1. (billiards, snooker) a cue ball
   • 1990 March 17, Takeshi Maekawa, “氷ひょう解かい [Clear Up]”, in ブレイクショット [Break Shot], volume 13 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Kodansha, ISBN 4-06-311538-0, page 44:

     手て玉だまが⑨ナインボールを直ちょく撃げき———‼　⑨ナインボールはコーナーポケットへ一いっ直ちょく線せん———‼

     Tedama ga nain bōru o chokugeki———‼ Nain bōru wa kōnā poketto e itchokusen———‼

     The cue ball hits the ⑨ ball directly———‼ The ⑨ ball's going straight to the corner pocket———‼

See also

• 手 (て)玉 (だま) ‎(tedama)