拍拖

Chinese

		to cable; to wire	to drag
simp. and trad. (拍拖)		拍	拖

Etymology

Originally Cantonese from the Pearl River Delta region, meaning "hitched together" (of row-boat attached to motor-boat).

Also possibly a phonetic borrowing from English park + talk. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pāituō

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄞㄊㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paak³ to¹
Min Nan (POJ): phah-tho / phah-tho͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pāituō
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄞㄊㄨㄛ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paituo
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: paak³ to¹
  - Yale: paak tō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ to¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pag³ to¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɑːk̚³ tʰɔː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-tho
  - Tâi-lô: phah-tho
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phahtoy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ tʰo³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰo⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-tho͘
  - Tâi-lô: phah-thoo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phahtof
  - IPA (Penang): /pʰa(ʔ)³⁻⁴ tʰɔ³³/

Note: phah-tho͘ - from Cantonese.

Verb

拍拖

(slang) to date somebody; to go on a date with somebody

Synonyms

談戀愛／谈恋爱 (tánliàn'ài)

Descendants

→ English: paktor

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