做爱
zuòàiTraditional: 做愛
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Translation
to make love, to have sex
Word origin
A compound of 做 (zuò, to do, to make) and 爱 (ài, love), a modern euphemism modelled on the English phrase to make love.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 做 (zuò, to do) + 爱 (ài, love)
Stroke order
做
爱
Examples
景。
There are love-making scenes in this film.
。
This is a topic about love and intimacy.
。
The book writes about the intimacy between husband and wife.
。
They love each other very much.
课。
Such a topic is rarely discussed in class.
做爱 (zuò ài) is the common everyday term for having sex, formed as a euphemism parallel to the English to make love. It belongs to informal and adult registers.
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