# 拍拖
## Chinese

* 拍拖

### Etymology

Originally Cantonese from the Pearl River Delta region, meaning "hitched together" (of row-boat attached to motor-boat). Usually, the larger ship carries the cargo and drags the boat. The main channel is greatly dragged. When the shore is near, the larger ship is stuck in deep water and has difficulty docking. At this time, the boat unloads the cargo and goes back and forth, thus giving rise to the dating analogy.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pāituō
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞ ㄊㄨㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): paak$^3$ to$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pag$^5$ to$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phah-tho / phah-tho͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pāituō
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄞ ㄊㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: paituo
*** Wade–Giles: pʻai$^1$-tʻo$^1$
*** Yale: pāi-twō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paituo
*** Palladius: пайто (pajto)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paak$^3$ to$^1$
*** Yale: paak tō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paak$^8$ to$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pag$^3$ to$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːk̚³ tʰɔː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pag$^5$ to$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚¹ tʰo⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-tho
*** Tâi-lô: phah-tho
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phahtoy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ tʰo³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰo⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-tho͘
*** Tâi-lô: phah-thoo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phahtof
*** IPA (Singapore): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² tʰɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /pʰa(ʔ)³⁻⁴ tʰɔ³³/

### Verb

拍⫽拖 (verb-object)
* (originally Cantonese, colloquial, intransitive) to date somebody; to go on a date with somebody
       ngo$^5$ m$^4$ soeng$^2$ tung$^4$ gung$^1$ si$^1$ ge$^3$ tung$^4$ si$^6$ paak$^3$ to$^1$. [Jyutping]
       I do not want to date a colleague at work.
       keoi$^5$ dei$^6$ paak$^3$ zo$^2$ to$^1$ loeng$^5$ nin$^4$ laa$^3$. [Jyutping]
       They've been dating for two years.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 談戀愛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 搞對象 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 搞對象兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 談戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 搞對象, 交朋友 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 戀愛, 搞對象, 處朋友 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 談戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 搞對象, 處對象, 處朋友 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 搞對象, 處朋友 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 搞對象, 交朋友 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 談戀愛, 搞對象, 交朋友 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 搞對象兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 搞對象, 交朋友 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 搞對象兒, 交朋友 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 談戀愛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 搞對象, 交朋友 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 搞對象 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 搞對象 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 談戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 搞對象 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 談戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 談戀愛, 談對象, 搞對象 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 搞對象 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 搞對象, 交朋友 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 搞對象兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 談戀愛 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 談戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 談戀愛, 戀愛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 戀愛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 戀愛, 相好兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 談戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 談戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 交朋友, 搞對象 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 談戀愛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 談戀愛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 談戀愛, 搞對象, 交朋友 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 交朋友, 搞對象 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 尋對象 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 戀愛, 搞對象, 說媳婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 戀愛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 談戀愛, 談對象 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 戀愛, 談對象 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 談戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 戀愛, 找對象 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 找對象 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 談戀愛, 談對象 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 談戀愛, 耍朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 搞對象, 耍朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 耍朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 講戀愛, 耍朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 耍朋友, 交朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 談戀愛, 耍朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 講戀愛, 耍朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 搞對象, 交朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 找朋友, 找對象 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 交朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 交朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 談朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 說媳婦, 談媳婦, 談朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 戀愛, 玩朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 搞對象 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 談戀愛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 談對象 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 交朋友, 搞對象 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 談戀愛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 交朋友 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 談朋友, 拍拖, 談婚 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 戀愛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 戀愛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 交朋友, 搞對象 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 談戀愛, 談對象, 談親事 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 談戀愛, 搞對象, 交朋友, 談人, 談人家 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 搞對象, 談對象 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 談戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 談戀愛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 談戀愛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 談戀愛, 戀愛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 談戀愛, 找對象 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 談戀愛, 戀愛, 找對象, 找朋友 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 拍拖, 拖手仔, 行街, 談戀愛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 拍拖, 拖手仔, 談戀愛, 行埋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 拍拖, 拖手仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 偷豆, 掹葵尾 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 拍拖 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 拍拖 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 談戀愛, 拍拖 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 拍拖 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 戀愛 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 拍拖 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 談婚 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 談婚 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 談戀愛 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 搞對象, 戀愛 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 戀愛, 搞對象, 交朋友 |
| Jin | Datong | 搞對象 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 談戀愛, 找對象, 搞對象 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 找對象 |
| Jin | Linhe | 找對象 |
| Jin | Jining | 找對象 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 談戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 談戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 搞戀愛 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 談戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Jin | Handan | 戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 談戀愛, 搞對象 |
| Jin | Suide | 搞對象 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 拍拖 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 拍拖 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 抓沙 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 相悅, 戀愛 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 捻草心 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 拍拖 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 拍拖 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 拍拖 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 行, 相行, 拍拖 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 談戀愛, 談朋友, 談敲定, 軋朋友 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 談朋友, 交朋友 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 談朋友, 找對象, 軋朋友 |

#### Derived terms

* 拖友

#### Descendants

* → English: paktor