dom dom
Chinese
Etymology
Reduplication of dom, from clipping of English condom.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dam4 dam4-2
- Yale: dàhm dám
- Cantonese Pinyin: dam4 dam4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: dem4 dem4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɐm²¹ tɐm²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
dom dom
Synonyms
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) | |