拍拖
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Chinese
| to cable; to wire | to drag | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (拍拖) | 拍 | 拖 | |
| simp. #(拍拖) | 拍 | 拖 | |
Etymology
Originally Cantonese from the Pearl River Delta region, meaning "hitched together" (of row-boat attached to motor-boat). Usually, the larger ship carries the cargo and drags the boat. The main channel is greatly dragged. When the shore is near, the larger ship is stuck in deep water and has difficulty docking. At this time, the boat unloads the cargo and goes back and forth, thus giving rise to the dating analogy.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): paak3 to1
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pag5 to1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phah-tho / phah-tho͘
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: pāituō
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄞ ㄊㄨㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: paituo
- Wade–Giles: pʻai1-tʻo1
- Yale: pāi-twō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paituo
- Palladius: пайто (pajto)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: paak3 to1
- Yale: paak tō
- Cantonese Pinyin: paak8 to1
- Guangdong Romanization: pag3 to1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰaːk̚³ tʰɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- (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, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-tho͘
- Tâi-lô: phah-thoo
- Phofsit Daibuun: phahtof
- IPA (Singapore): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² tʰɔ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Penang): /pʰa(ʔ)³⁻⁴ tʰɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Note: phah-tho͘ - from Cantonese.
Verb
拍⫽拖 (verb-object)
- (originally Cantonese, colloquial, intransitive) to date somebody; to go on a date with somebody
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 談戀愛 (“to be in a romantic relationship; to be dating; to go out”)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: paktor