拍拖 (paak3 to1 | ) : courting; to go out on a date

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拍拖

paak3 to1

[1] courting - mating ritual, to have a romantic relationship with sb [2] to go out on a date

拖 is a reference to 拖船 in how a tugboat is connected to another ship.

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 956,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

拍拖

This word has been viewed 12737 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 2nd Aug 2009 00:22

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拍 paak3 paak3*2 - clap; pat; strike
拖 to1 - drag; delay

1 compounds containing this word:

拍拖更 - a male and female police officer on patrol together

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我同佢而家冇拍拖粵
I'm not dating her any more.
[Lit. I with her now don't have dating, i.e. we split up. 而家我同佢冇拍拖 is also valid.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 拍拖

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