交媾

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	to marry; to copulate
trad. (交媾)		交	媾
simp. ^#(交媾)		交	媾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāogòu

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠㄍㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ gau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāogòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠㄍㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiaogòu
  - Wade–Giles: chiao¹-kou⁴
  - Yale: jyāu-gòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaugow
  - Palladius: цзяогоу (czjaogou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ koʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau¹ gau³
  - Yale: gāau gau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ gau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ geo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³/

Middle Chinese: kaew kuwH

Rime
Character	交	媾
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	古肴切	古候切
Baxter	kaew	kuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠau/	/kəu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚau/	/kəu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kau/	/kəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨw/	/kəw^H/
Li Rong	/kau/	/ku^H/
Wang Li	/kau/	/kəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kau/	/kə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo	gòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaau¹	gau³

Verb

交媾

to have sexual intercourse; to copulate
- 等小子與娘子坎離交媾，以真火續將起來。 [MSC, trad.]
  等小子与娘子坎离交媾，以真火续将起来。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Slapping the Table in Amazement by Ling Mengchu, (1580-1644)
  Děng xiǎozǐ yǔ niángzǐ kǎn lí jiāogòu, yǐ zhēn huǒ xù jiāng qǐlái. [Pinyin]
  ”When the young man and the young woman copulate in the Kan–Li union, the true fire is thereby continued and raised.”

Synonyms

上床 (shàngchuáng) (figuratively)
交合 (jiāohé) (euphemistic)
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)
巫山 (Wūshān) (euphemistic)
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)
雲雨 / 云雨 (yúnyǔ) (euphemistic)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
交	媾
こう Grade: 2	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーこー [kòókóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

交(こう)媾(こう) • (kōkō) ^{←かうこう (kaukou)^?}

sexual intercourse

Verb

交(こう)媾(こう)する • (kōkō suru) ^{←かうこう (kaukou)^?}suru (stem 交(こう)媾(こう)し (kōkō shi), past 交(こう)媾(こう)した (kōkō shita))

have sex

Conjugation

Conjugation of "交媾する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	交媾し	こうこうし	kōkō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	交媾し	こうこうし	kōkō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	交媾する	こうこうする	kōkō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	交媾する	こうこうする	kōkō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	交媾すれ	こうこうすれ	kōkō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	交媾せよ¹ 交媾しろ²	こうこうせよ¹ こうこうしろ²	kōkō seyo¹ kōkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	交媾される	こうこうされる	kōkō sareru
Causative	交媾させる交媾さす	こうこうさせるこうこうさす	kōkō saseru kōkō sasu
Potential	交媾できる	こうこうできる	kōkō dekiru
Volitional	交媾しよう	こうこうしよう	kōkō shiyō
Negative	交媾しない	こうこうしない	kōkō shinai
Negative continuative	交媾せず	こうこうせず	kōkō sezu
Formal	交媾します	こうこうします	kōkō shimasu
Perfective	交媾した	こうこうした	kōkō shita
Conjunctive	交媾して	こうこうして	kōkō shite
Hypothetical conditional	交媾すれば	こうこうすれば	kōkō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
交	媾

Verb

交媾

chữ Hán form of giao cấu (“to have sex, to copulate”)