套套

Chinese

		to cover; covering; case to cover; covering; case; cover; (a measure word, a set of something); sheath	to cover; covering; case to cover; covering; case; cover; (a measure word, a set of something); sheath
simp. and trad. (套套)		套	套

Etymology

Reduplicative diminutive.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàotao

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ tou³
• Jin (Wiktionary): tau³ tau^3-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thò-thò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàotao
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàotåo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao⁴-tʻao⁵
    • Yale: tàu-tau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taw.tau
    • Palladius: таотао (taotao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàotaor
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄠㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàotåor
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao⁴-tʻao⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: tàu-taur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taw.taul
    • Palladius: таотаор (taotaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰaʊ̯ɻʷ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³ tou³
    • Yale: tou tou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ tou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³ tou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ tʰou̯³³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: tau³ tau^3-2
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰxau⁴⁵ tʰxau⁴⁵⁻⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò-thò
    • Tâi-lô: thò-thò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toirtoix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo²¹⁻⁵³ tʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo²¹⁻⁵³ tʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɤ²¹/

Noun

套套

1. (colloquial, Jin) methods; ways
2. (colloquial) old rules; conventions
3. (colloquial) Alternative name for 避孕套 (bìyùntào, “condom”).

Synonyms

• (method):

• 主意
• 作法 (zuòfǎ)
• 做法 (zuòfǎ)
• 卯竅／卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 對策／对策 (duìcè)
• 工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 措施 (cuòshī)
• 方式 (fāngshì)
• 方法 (fāngfǎ)
• 法子 (colloquial)
• 法度 (Hokkien)
• 渠道 (qúdào)
• 竅門／窍门 (qiàomén)
• 竅門兒／窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
• 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
• 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
• 訣竅／诀窍 (juéqiào)
• 訣要／诀要 (juéyào)
• 路子 (lùzi)
• 路徑／路径 (lùjìng)
• 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
• 辦法／办法 (bànfǎ)
• 途徑／途径 (tújìng)
• 進路／进路 (jìnlù)
• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 道術／道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
• 道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
• 門徑／门径 (ménjìng)
• 門路／门路 (ménlù)
• 門道／门道 (méndao)
• 門頭／门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
• 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

 

• (condom):

Dialectal synonyms of 避孕套 (“condom”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		避孕套, 安全套, 保險套, 陰莖套
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	避孕套兒, 套兒
	Taiwan	保險套, 衛生套, 套, 套套, 小雨傘 euphemistic, 小雨衣 euphemistic, 小夜衣 euphemistic
	Harbin	保險套兒
	Malaysia	如意套
	Singapore	如意套, 安全套
Cantonese	Hong Kong	避孕套, 安全套, 套, condom, dom, dom dom, 小雨衣 euphemistic, 小夜衣 euphemistic, 如意袋 euphemistic
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	保險套, 保險落
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	保險落
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	保險套
Southern Min	Taipei	sak-khuh GT, 保險套 GT
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	避孕袋, 避孕套
Wu	Shanghai	套子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)