# DIY
## English
### Etymology

Initialism of do it yourself.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌdi.aɪˈwaɪ/
* Rhymes: -aɪ

### Noun

DIY (usually uncountable, plural DIYs)
* Initialism of do it yourself.
** 1990, David Cohen, Being a Man‎:According to market research, many men list DIY as one of their main hobbies.

#### Derived terms

* DIY gun

#### Translations
### Verb

DIY (third-person singular simple present DIYs, present participle DIYing or DIY-ing, simple past and past participle DIYed)
* To perform oneself a task usually relegated to an expert.
** 2007 [publication date], Maggie Bullock, "Home Improvement", Elle, January 2008 ed., page 108,
    Huber was a physicist. Even top Estée Lauder chemists who took over for Huber in 1995 found that... any attempt to cheat on his original formula produced disappointing results, which demands the question: If they couldn't DIY, can you?
** 2022 March 21, Bill Chappell, “SWIFT, hedgehog, MiG: Here's a guide to the terms of war in Ukraine”, in SPECIAL SERIES: Ukraine invasion — explained‎, NPR, retrieved 2022-03-21:Ukrainian civilians have been DIY-ing hedgehogs, welding two bars or beams at an angle to make a cross and then adding a third to ensure it holds its shape even if it's knocked over.

#### Derived terms

* DiWHY
* DIYer

#### Translations
### Adjective

DIY (comparative more DIY, superlative most DIY)
* Do-it-yourself.
    Do you know where I could find a DIY pipe repair kit?
** 2008, Sami Finne, Hanna Sivonen, chapter 4, in The Retail Value Chain: How to Gain Competitive Advantage through Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) Strategies, page 154:The product knowledge of salespeople is very high, which enables them to serve the demanding customer groups such as professional painters and builders, in addition to the usual DIY consumers.
** 2016, Michael Croland, Oy Oy Oy Gevalt! Jews and Punk: Jews and Punk‎:That is more DIY, more punk, anyway.
** 2021 April 19, “Thai monk who beheaded himself with guillotine to reach nirvana may have been misguided: Buddhist authority”, in Coconuts Bangkok‎, Bangkok: Coconuts, retrieved 2021-04-20:A temple abbot who used a DIY guillotine to behead himself in hope of attaining enlightenment might have misinterpreted some things along the way, Thailand’s religious authorities said yesterday.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Yid, yid

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English DIY.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): di$^1$ aai$^1$ waai$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: di$^1$ aai$^1$ waai$^1$
*** Yale: dī āai wāai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: di$^1$ aai$^1$ waai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: di$^1$ ai$^1$ wai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiː⁵⁵ aːi̯⁵⁵ waːi̯⁵⁵/
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Mandarin”

### Verb

DIY (Taiwanese Mandarin, Hong Kong Cantonese)
* to DIY; to do it yourself
* (euphemistic) to masturbate

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 手淫, 自慰, 自瀆, 自撫, 自淫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 打手槍, 打槍, 尻槍, 尻手槍, 尻尻, 尻, 自慰, DIY |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 打手槍, 打飛機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 擼鴨子, 擼管兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 打手銃 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 打飛機, 打J, J, 打丁, 搵五姑娘, DIY |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 打飛機 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 打手銃, 打飛機 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 打水銃 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 摸𡳞 |
| Hakka | Changting | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 搞𡳞 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 搞𡳞 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打手槍 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打手銃, 洩手銃 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打手銃, 洩手銃 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 打手銃, 洩手銃 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 耍㞗兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𢫦草屩 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 敲手銃 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 拍手銃 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 搓卵 dated |
| Wu | Ningbo | 打手銃 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 打手銃 |

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈi.je/, [deˈi.je]

### Proper noun

DIY
* Initialism of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English DIY.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi ˈaj ˈwaj/ [ˈd͡ʒi ˈaɪ̯ ˈwaɪ̯]

### Noun

DIY m (invariable)
* DIY (practice of doing building things by oneself)
    Synonym: faça você mesmo

### Adjective

DIY (invariable)
* do-it-yourself, DIY
    projeto DIY ― DIY project