套娃

套娃

Chinese

		to cover; covering; case to cover; covering; case; cover; (a measure word, a set of something); sheath	baby; doll
simp. and trad. (套娃)		套	娃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàowá

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˋ ㄨㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tàowá
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋ ㄨㄚˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tawwa
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàowá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ wä³⁵/

Noun

套娃

1. Short for 俄羅斯套娃／俄罗斯套娃 (Éluósī tàowá, “Russian doll”).
2. (neologism, Internet slang, figuratively, humorous) recursion; nesting

   禁止套娃。  ―  Jìnzhǐ tàowá.  ―  Recursion is forbidden.