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 | ||
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simp. and trad. (套套) |
套 | 套 |
Etymology
Reduplicative diminutive.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 套套
- (colloquial) methods; ways
- (colloquial) old rules; conventions
- (colloquial) Alternative name for 避孕套 (bìyùntào, “condom”).
Synonyms
Variety | Location | Words |
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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) |