做愛

See also: 做爱

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (做愛)		做	愛
simp. (做爱)		做	爱
alternative forms		作愛／作爱 Mandarin 造愛／造爱 Cantonese 捉i Mandarin humorous euphemism

Etymology

Likely a calque of English make love.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuò'ài

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ oi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuò'ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuò-ài
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-ai⁴
    • Yale: dzwò-ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohay
    • Palladius: цзоай (czoaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ oi³
    • Yale: jouh oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ oi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² ɔːi̯³³/

Verb

做⫽愛 (verb-object)

1. to make love; to have sex

Synonyms

• 上床 (shàngchuáng) (figuratively)
• 交合 (jiāohé) (euphemistic)
• 交媾 (jiāogòu) (literary)
• 交接 (jiāojiē)
• 去motel (Taiwan)
• 同房 (tóngfáng) (euphemistic)
• 啪啪 (pāpā) (onomatopoeia, euphemistic)
• 啪啪啪 (pāpāpā) (onomatopoeia, euphemistic)
• 嘿咻 (hēixiū) (slang)
• 執劑／执剂 (zap¹ zai¹) (Cantonese, slang, euphemistic)
• 屌閪／屌𲈹 (diu² hai¹) (Cantonese, vulgar)
• 性交 (xìngjiāo)
• 愛愛／爱爱 (ài'ài) (euphemistic)
• 戳屄 (Wu)
• 扑嘢 (bok¹ je⁵) (Cantonese, slang)
• 搞嘢 (gaau² je⁵) (Cantonese)
• 敦倫／敦伦 (dūnlún)
• 炒飯／炒饭 (chǎofàn) (Taiwan)
• 發生性行為／发生性行为 (fāshēng xìngxíngwéi)
• 相使 (Min Nan)
• 相姦／相奸 (Hokkien)
• 相箍 (Min Nan)
• 睡覺／睡觉 (euphemistic)
• 肏屄 (càobī) (vulgar, with a woman)
• 行埋 (haang⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
• 行房 (xíngfáng) (euphemistic, chiefly of a couple)
• 親熱／亲热 (qīnrè) (euphemistic)