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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (套套) |
套 | 套 | |
Etymology
Reduplicative diminutive.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tou3 tou3
- Jin (Wiktionary): tau3 tau3-2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thò-thò
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tàotao
- 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: tàotaor
- 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)+
- Jin
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò-thò
- Tâi-lô: thò-thò
- Phofsit Daibuun: toirtoix
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo²¹⁻⁵³ tʰo²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰo⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo²¹⁻⁵³ tʰo²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰo¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɤ²¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
套套
- (colloquial, Jin) methods; ways
- (colloquial) old rules; conventions
- (colloquial) Alternative name for 避孕套 (bìyùntào, “condom”).
Synonyms
- (method):
- 主意
- 作法 (zuòfǎ)
- 做法 (zuòfǎ)
- 卯竅 / 卯窍 (mao3 qiao4) (Sichuanese)
- 對策 / 对策 (duìcè)
- 工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
- 手段 (shǒuduàn)
- 措施 (cuòshī)
- 撇步 (Hokkien, secret method)
- 方式 (fāngshì)
- 方法 (fāngfǎ)
- 步拍 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 步數 / 步数 (Hokkien)
- 法子 (colloquial)
- 法度 (Hokkien)
- 渠道 (qúdào)
- 竅門 / 窍门 (qiàomén)
- 竅門兒 / 窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
- 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
- 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
- 訣竅 / 诀窍 (juéqiào) (secret method)
- 訣要 / 诀要 (juéyào)
- 路子 (lùzi)
- 路徑 / 路径 (lùjìng)
- 蹊徑 / 蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
- 辦法 / 办法 (bànfǎ)
- 途徑 / 途径 (tújìng)
- 進路 / 进路 (jìnlù)
- 道理 (dàolǐ)
- 道術 / 道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
- 道道 (dau3 dau3-2) (Jin)
- 門徑 / 门径 (ménjìng)
- 門路 / 门路 (ménlù)
- 門道 / 门道 (méndao)
- 門頭 / 门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
- 頭路 / 头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)
- (condom):
Dialectal synonyms of 避孕套 (“condom”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |