# 交媾
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiāogòu
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄍㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau$^1$ gau$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiāogòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄍㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiaogòu
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^1$-kou$^4$
*** Yale: jyāu-gòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaugow
*** Palladius: цзяогоу (czjaogou)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ koʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaau$^1$ gau$^3$
*** Yale: gāau gau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaau$^1$ gau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gao$^1$ geo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kau/ | /kə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiāo | gòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaau$^1$ | gau$^3$ |

### Verb

交媾
* to have sexual intercourse; to copulate
    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]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### 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 (zap$^1$ zai$^1$) (Cantonese, slang, euphemistic)
* 屌閪／屌𲈹 (diu$^2$ hai$^1$) (Cantonese, vulgar)
* 性交 (xìngjiāo)
* 愛愛／爱爱 (ài'ài) (euphemistic)
* 戳屄 (Wu)
* 扑嘢 (bok$^1$ je$^5$) (Cantonese, slang)
* 搞嘢 (gaau$^2$ je$^5$) (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 (haang$^4$ maai$^4$) (Cantonese)
* 行房 (xíngfáng) (euphemistic, chiefly of a couple)
* 親熱／亲热 (qīnrè) (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])
* IPA: [ko̞ːko̞ː]

### Noun

交(こう)媾(こう) • (kōkō)
* sexual intercourse

### Verb

交(こう)媾(こう)する • (kōkō suru) 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

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”).