做愛

See also: 做爱

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (做愛)		做	愛
simp. (做爱)		做	爱
alternative forms		作愛／作爱 Mandarin 造愛／造爱 Cantonese

Etymology

Likely a calque of English make love.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuò'ài

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ oi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuò'ài
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuò-ài
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-ai⁴
  - Yale: dzwò-ài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohay
  - Palladius: цзоай (czoaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡swɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ oi³
  - Yale: jouh oi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ oi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ oi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² ɔːi̯³³/

Verb

做愛

to make love; to have sex

Synonyms

Synonyms of 做愛

上床 (shàngchuáng) (figuratively)
交合 (jiāohé) (euphemistic)
交媾 (jiāogòu) (literary)
交接 (jiāojiē)
去motel (Taiwan)
啪啪 (pāpā) (onomatopoeia, euphemistic)
啪啪啪 (pāpāpā) (onomatopoeia, euphemistic)
嘿咻 (hēixiū) (slang)
性交 (xìngjiāo)
戳屄 (Wu)
發生性行為／发生性行为 (fāshēng xìngxíngwéi)

肏屄 (cào bī) (vulgar, with a woman)
行房 (xíngfáng) (euphemistic, chiefly of a couple)
扑嘢 (Cantonese, slang)
執劑／执剂 (Cantonese, slang, euphemistic)
屌閪／屌𲈹 (Cantonese, vulgar)
愛愛／爱爱 (ài'ài) (euphemistic)
敦倫／敦伦 (dūnlún)
炒飯／炒饭 (chǎofàn) (Taiwan)
睡覺／睡觉 (shuìjiào) (euphemistic)
親熱／亲热 (qīnrè) (euphemistic)

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