69

Translingual

Symbol

69 (prev 68, next 70)

1. sixty-nine in Arabic numerals

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English

Noun

69 (plural 69s)

1. Alternative form of sixty-nine

Verb

69 (third-person singular simple present 69s, present participle 69ing, simple past and past participle 69ed)

1. Alternative form of sixty-nine
   • 2013, Mark Titus, Don't Put Me in Coach‎^[1]:

     if the Bananas in Pajamas would have somehow teleported themselves to our arena, walked out to midcourt, started 69ing, and then finished each other off with a couple rusty trombones before sprouting wings and flying away […]

Anagrams

• 96

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Chinese

Etymology

Semantic loan from English sixty-nine.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liùshíjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ sap⁶ gau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liùshíjiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liòushíhjiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: liu⁴-shih²-chiu³
    • Yale: lyòu-shŕ-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liowshyrjeou
    • Palladius: люшицзю (ljušiczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ sap⁶ gau²
    • Yale: luhk sahp gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ sap⁹ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ seb⁶ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² sɐp̚² kɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 69

1. (slang) sixty-nine (the sex position)

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French

Noun

69 m (uncountable)

1. (sexuality) Alternative form of soixante-neuf

Further reading

• “69”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.