恐同

Chinese

		afraid; frightened; to fear	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with
trad. (恐同)		恐	同
simp. ^#(恐同)		恐	同

Etymology

Probably influenced by English homophobia, but structurally reversed.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǒngtóng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² tung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒngtóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒngtóng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung³-tʻung²
  - Yale: kǔng-túng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koongtorng
  - Palladius: кунтун (kuntun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung² tung⁴
  - Yale: húng tùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung² tung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung² tung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹/

Verb

恐同

(slang, neologism) to be homophobic
恐同教材 ― kǒngtóng jiàocái ― homophobic textbook

Derived terms

恐同者 (kǒngtóngzhě)

崆峒 (Kōngtóng)

崆峒山 (Kōngtóngshān)

See also

恐艾 (kǒng'ài)