"do" meaning in Chinese

See do in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tuː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tuː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: du¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], dū [Cantonese, Yale], du¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], du¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English do. Resemblance to Taishanese 做 (du¹) is probably coincidence. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|do}} English do, {{ncog|zhx-tai|做}} Taishanese 做 (du¹) Head templates: {{head|zh|verbs}} do
  1. to do Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-do-zh-verb-IXZV9I3e
  2. to work Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-do-zh-verb-HOHGnaBv Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese Disambiguation of Hong Kong Cantonese: 8 58 34
  3. (euphemistic) to have sex Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, euphemistic
    Sense id: en-do-zh-verb-hUsT3DzS Categories (other): Chinese euphemisms, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 56 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 18 18 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: (du¹), (du1) Derived forms: do嘢, 識do, 识do

Download JSON data for do meaning in Chinese (2.1kB)

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