套套

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

  (Pinyin): tàotao

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ tou³
• Min Nan (POJ): thò-thò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tàotao
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taw.tau
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: tàotaor
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄠㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taw.taul
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰaʊɻʷ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³ tou³
    • Yale: tou tou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ tou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³ tou³
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ tʰou̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

Noun

套套

1. (colloquial) methods; ways
2. (colloquial) old rules; conventions
3. (colloquial) Alternative name for 避孕套 (bìyùntào, “condom”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 避孕套 (“condom”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		避孕套, 安全套, 保險套
Mandarin	Beijing	避孕套兒, 套兒, 套套
	Taiwan	保險套, 衛生套, 套, 套套
	Harbin	保險套兒
	Xi'an	避孕套
	Chengdu	避孕套
	Kunming	避孕套
	Malaysia	如意套
	Singapore	如意套
Cantonese	Guangzhou	避孕套
	Hong Kong	避孕套, 安全套, 套, dom dom
Hakka	Meixian	避孕套
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	保險套, 保險落
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	保險落
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	保險套
Min Nan	Taipei	sak-khuh, 保險套
	Chaozhou	避孕套
Wu	Shanghai	避孕套, 套子
Xiang	Changsha	避孕套

• (condom): (euphemism) 小雨傘／小雨伞 (xiǎoyǔsǎn)