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Jyutping jan4 kau4
Pinyin rén qiú

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Taiwan, especially
    somebody whom no one is willing to take care of or take in (i.e. like a ball that is kicked around); (medicine) rejected patient (Classifier: 顆/颗 m)

人球 [--]

Jyutping
Pinyin rén qiú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents)
  2. (esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢个满月酒摆咗成廿几围,个BB好似人球噉畀人抱嚟抱去。
    佢個滿月酒擺咗成廿幾圍,個BB好似人球噉畀人抱嚟抱去。
    keoi5 go3 mun5 jyut6 zau2 baai2 zo2 seng4 jaa6 gei2 wai4, go3 bi4 bi1 hou2 ci5 jan4 kau4 gam2 bei2 jan4 pou5 lai4 pou5 heoi3.
    • There were at least twenty tables in the baby's one-month-old party. She was passed around like a human ball.