sak-khuh
Hokkien
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Etymology
[edit]From Japanese サック (sakku), from English sack or Dutch zak (“sack”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sak-khuh
- Tâi-lô: sak-khuh
- Phofsit Daibuun: sakquq
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sak̚³²⁻⁴ kʰuʔ³²/
Noun
[edit]sak-khuh
See also
[edit]| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 避孕套, 安全套, 保險套, 陰莖套 | |
| Northeastern 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) | |
References
[edit]- “Entry #31131”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.