愛愛

See also: 爱爱

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (愛愛)		愛	愛
simp. (爱爱)		爱	爱

Etymology

Euphemistic for 做愛／做爱 (zuò'ài, “to make love”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài'ài

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài'ài → ài'ai (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄞˋ → ㄞˋ ˙ㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài-åi
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-ai⁵
    • Yale: ài-ai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay.ay
    • Palladius: айай (ajaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/ → /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ˀaɪ̯¹/

Verb

愛愛

1. (euphemistic) to have sex; to make love

Synonyms

• 上床 (shàngchuáng) (figuratively)
• 交合 (jiāohé) (euphemistic)
• 交媾 (jiāogòu) (literary)
• 交接 (jiāojiē)
• 做愛／做爱 (zuò'ài)
• 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)
• 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)