套子

Chinese

		to cover; covering; case to cover; covering; case; cover; (a measure word, a set of something); sheath	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (套子)		套	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ zi²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵thau-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: tàu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taw.tzy
    • Palladius: таоцзы (taoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³ zi²
    • Yale: tou jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵thau-zy
    • MiniDict: thau^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thau-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰɔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

套子

1. sheath; case; cover
2. conventional or stereotyped remark; conventions
3. (dialectal) cotton padding or wadding; batting
4. (colloquial) trap; snare
5. (Shanghainese) condom

Synonyms

• (sheath): (Hakka) 落仔

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, 陰莖套
Mandarin	Beijing	避孕套兒, 套兒
	Taiwan	保險套, 衛生套, 套, 套套, 小雨傘 euphemistic, 小雨衣 euphemistic, 小夜衣 euphemistic
	Harbin	保險套兒
	Malaysia	如意套
	Singapore	如意套, 安全套
Cantonese	Hong Kong	避孕套, 安全套, 套, condom, dom, dom dom, 小雨衣 euphemistic, 小夜衣 euphemistic, 如意袋 euphemistic
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	保險套, 保險落
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	保險落
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	保險套
Southern Min	Taipei	sak-khuh GT, 保險套 GT
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	避孕袋, 避孕套
Wu	Shanghai	套子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)