曳曳

Chinese

Etymology 1

		naughty	naughty
simp. and trad. (曳曳)		曳	曳

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): jai¹ jai¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jai¹ jai¹
  - Yale: yāi yāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jai¹ jai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yei¹ yei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐi̯⁵⁵ jɐi̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

曳曳

(Cantonese, chiefly childish) naughty

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 頑皮 (“naughty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頑皮, 調皮, 淘氣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	皮, 淘氣, 淘, 猴, 猴兒
	Taiwan	皮, 調皮, 頑皮, 淘氣
	Langfang	調皮
	Singapore	頑皮
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	皮, 淘, 猴兒
	Tangshan	調皮
	Cangzhou	調皮
	Baoding	費
	Shijiazhuang	調皮
	Jinan	調皮, 皮, 淘
Central Plains Mandarin	Daming	費勁
	Xi'an	匪, 淘氣, 俏皮, 皮
	Xuzhou	皮臉
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	淘氣, 費, 千方兒
	Wuhan	神, 調皮, 淘氣
	Kunming	淘氣
	Guilin	跳皮
	Liuzhou	跳皮
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	調皮, 皮
	Nantong	犯厭
	Hefei	調皮, 皮, 頑皮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳, 反斗, 星君, 扭計, 扭紋, 壞, 煞氣, 頑皮
	Hong Kong	跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳, 反斗, 壞, 星君, 犯神
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	百厭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	頑皮
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	百厭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	懆
	Macau	跳皮
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	曳, 跳皮, 百厭
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	韌皮
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	跳皮
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	百厭
	Foshan	曳, 跳皮, 百厭
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	曳
	Foshan (Shunde)	百厭
	Foshan (Sanshui)	跳皮, 百厭
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	頑皮
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	壞, 跳皮
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	壞
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	百厭, 壞
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	百厭
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	百厭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	百厭
	Taishan	壞賞, 壞, 曳, 搞家, 譑蠻, 飛耍, 惡教, 匪類, 扭紋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	壞賞, 壞
	Enping (Niujiang)	壞鬼
	Heshan (Yayao)	韌皮
	Dongguan	曳, 百厭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	百厭, 跳皮
	Yangjiang	跳皮, 蠻皮
	Nanning	跳皮, 百厭, 牛骨, 頑皮
	Wuzhou	韌皮, 百厭, 百跳
	Yulin	頑, 牛骨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	跳皮, 勿乖
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	頑皮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	韌皮
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	扭計, 曳, 百厭
Gan	Nanchang	調皮, 頑皮
Hakka	Meixian	蠻皮, 蠻, 番綻, 綻頭, 綻皮, 綻, 懆, 跳皮
	Xingning	蠻, 懆
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	頑皮
	Huidong (Daling)	調皮, 綻頭, 懆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	頑皮
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	跳皮
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	跳皮
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	綻, 懆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	賤
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	頑皮
	Changting	綻, 懆
	Wuping	綻, 懆
	Wuping (Pingyu)	綻
	Liancheng	綻, 懆
	Ninghua	浪綻, 懆
	Ruijin	綻, 孽
	Shangyou (Shexi)	綻, 頑皮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番綻, 蠻皮, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	殘, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 蓋牛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	番綻, 蠻綻, 綻, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	番綻, 綻頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	番綻, 綻頭, 綻剁頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	狡怪, 番, 賤頭, 牛, 牛頭, 牛獗, 賤, 真牛
	Hong Kong	頑皮
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	跳皮
	Senai (Huiyang)	跳皮
Jin	Taiyuan	頑皮
	Zhangjiakou	調皮
	Handan	費
Northern Min	Jian'ou	刁皮, 韌皮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刁皮, 楞蟶
Eastern Min	Fuqing	調皮
Southern Min	Xiamen	孽, 孽潲, 孽唆, 跳鬼, 刁皮, 跳限, 跳塌, 賤, 歹死, 揲, 揲篤
	Quanzhou	孽, 孽潲, 孽唆, 跳鬼, 賤, 歹死
	Zhangzhou	孽, 孽潲, 賤, 歹, 歹死
	Kaohsiung	賤
	Yilan	賤
	Changhua (Lukang)	狡怪
	Taichung	孽潲
	Taichung (Wuqi)	孽潲
	Tainan	作孽, 孽, 孽潲
	Taitung	孽潲
	Hsinchu	孽
	Penghu (Magong)	狡怪
	Penang (Hokkien)	孽, 怪孽, 歹死
	Singapore (Hokkien)	孽, 孽死, 孽潲, 賤, 歹死
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹死, 孽, 孽潲
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	調皮, 惡蠻, 蠻
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	頑皮
	Chaozhou	燦頭
	Shantou	野, 野死, 好耍, 頑皮
	Bangkok (Teochew)	跳皮
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	孬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	跳皮
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	頑皮, 跳皮
Wu	Shanghai	頑皮, 皮, 賴皮, 搨皮, 淘氣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	厭, 調皮, 頑皮
	Suzhou	皮, 調皮, 厭
	Wuxi	厭, 皮
	Danyang	調皮, 皮
	Hangzhou	厭, 調皮
	Ningbo	皮
	Wenzhou	調皮, 皮, 皮蚩, 蠻, 惡
	Jinhua	調皮, 皮, 皮面
Xiang	Changsha	跳皮, 跳夾
	Shuangfeng	跳皮, 頑皮
	Quanzhou	頑皮

Derived terms

曳曳豬／曳曳猪

Verb

曳曳

(Cantonese) to do something naughty
(Cantonese, euphemistic) to make love

Synonyms

(to make love):
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- 上床 (shàngchuáng) (figuratively)
- 交合 (jiāohé) (euphemistic)
- 交媾 (jiāogòu) (literary)
- 交接 (jiāojiē)
- 做愛／做爱 (zuò'ài)
- 去motel (Taiwan)
- 同房 (tóngfáng) (euphemistic)
- 啪啪 (pāpā) (onomatopoeia, euphemistic)
- 啪啪啪 (pāpāpā) (onomatopoeia, euphemistic)
- 嘿咻 (hēixiū) (slang)
- 執劑／执剂 (zap¹ zai¹) (Cantonese, slang, euphemistic)
- 屌閪／屌𲈹 (diu² hai¹) (Cantonese, vulgar)
- 性交 (xìngjiāo)
- 愛愛／爱爱 (ài'ài) (euphemistic)
- 戳屄 (Wu)
- 扑嘢 (bok¹ je⁵) (Cantonese, slang)
- 搞嘢 (gaau² je⁵) (Cantonese)
- 敦倫／敦伦 (dūnlún)
- 炒飯／炒饭 (chǎofàn) (Taiwan)
- 發生性行為／发生性行为 (fāshēng xìngxíngwéi)
- 相使 (Min Nan)
- 相姦／相奸 (Hokkien)
- 相箍 (Min Nan)
- 睡覺／睡觉 (euphemistic)
- 肏屄 (càobī) (vulgar, with a woman)
- 行埋 (haang⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
- 行房 (xíngfáng) (euphemistic, chiefly of a couple)
- 親熱／亲热 (qīnrè) (euphemistic)

Etymology 2

		float	float
simp. and trad. (曳曳)		曳	曳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yèyè

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yèyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yèyè
  - Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-yeh⁴
  - Yale: yè-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehyeh
  - Palladius: ее (jeje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/

Adjective

曳曳

(literary) To have the appearance of gently floating.