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房事

房事

Chinese

		house	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (房事)		房	事

Noun

房事

(euphemistic) lovemaking, sex

Etymology

From 房 (fáng, “house, room”) + 事 (shì, “affair, event, matters”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fángshì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄕˋ
Min Nan (POJ): pâng-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: fángshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangrshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    坊市
    妨事
    房事
    房室
    房市
    防蝕／防蚀
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâng-sū
  - Tâi-lô: pâng-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pangsu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ²⁴⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ²⁴⁻²² su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ¹³⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /paŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²³⁻³³ su³³/