sak-khuh

Hokkien

Etymology

From Japanese サック (sakku), from English sack or Dutch zak (“sack”).

Pronunciation

• (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sak-khuh
  • Tâi-lô: sak-khuh
  • Phofsit Daibuun: sakquq
  • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sak̚³²⁻⁴ kʰuʔ³²/

Noun

sak-khuh

1. condom

See also

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
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)

References

• “Entry #31131”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.