套娃

Chinese

		to cover; covering; case to cover; covering; case; cover; (a measure word, a set of something); sheath	baby; doll
trad. (套娃)		套	娃
simp. #(套娃)		套	娃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàowá

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˋ ㄨㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàowá
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋ ㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàowá
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao⁴-wa²
    • Yale: tàu-wá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tawwa
    • Palladius: таова (taova)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ wä³⁵/

Noun

套娃

1. Synonym of 俄羅斯套娃／俄罗斯套娃 (éluósī tàowá, “Russian doll”)
2. (neologism, Internet slang, figurative, humorous) recursion; nesting

   禁止套娃。  ―  Jìnzhǐ tàowá.  ―  Recursion is forbidden.

3. (neologism, Internet slang, figurative, humorous) to troll; to talk in circles