做愛

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
variant forms		作愛／作爱

Etymology

Likely a calque of English make love.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuò'ài

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ oi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zuò'ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohay
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ oi³
    • Yale: jouh oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ oi³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² ɔːy̯³³/

Verb

做愛

1. to make love; to have sex

Synonyms

• 性交 (xìngjiāo)
• 行房 (xíngfáng)
• (Cantonese) 扑嘢