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

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

to make love; to have sex

Synonyms

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

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