恐同

Chinese

		afraid; frightened; to fear	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with
trad. (恐同)		恐	同
simp. #(恐同)		恐	同

Etymology

Probably influenced by English homophobia, but structurally reversed.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒngtóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² tung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒngtóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒngtóng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung³-tʻung²
    • Yale: kǔng-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koongtorng
    • Palladius: кунтун (kuntun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung² tung⁴
    • Yale: húng tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung² tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung² tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹/

Verb

恐同

1. (slang, neologism) to be homophobic

   恐同教材  ―  kǒngtóng jiàocái  ―  homophobic textbook

Derived terms

• 恐同者 (kǒngtóngzhě)

 

See also

• 恐艾 (kǒng'ài)