援交

Chinese

		to help; to assist; to aid	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
simp. and trad. (援交)		援	交

Etymology

From Japanese 援交(えんこう) (enkō), abbreviation of 援助交際(えんじょこうさい) (enjo kōsai, “dating with compensation”).

Equivalent to short for 援助交際／援助交际 (yuánzhù jiāojì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁴ gaau¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yèn-kâu / yàn-kâu

  (Hailu, HRS): rhan gau^ˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oān-kau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánjiao
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-chiao¹
    • Yale: ywán-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanjiau
    • Palladius: юаньцзяо (juanʹczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁴ gaau¹
    • Yale: wùhn gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁴ gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁴ gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²¹ kaːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn-kâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien^ˇ gau^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² gau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en¹¹ kau̯²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-kâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian^ˇ gau^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² gau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ kau̯²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: rhan gau^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʒan⁵⁵ kau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oān-kau
    • Tâi-lô: uān-kau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaxnkaw
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan³³⁻¹¹ kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan³³⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴/

Noun

援交

1. dating with compensation (payments, financial support, etc.); schoolgirl prostitution

Synonyms

• 援助交際／援助交际 (yuánzhù jiāojì)

References

• “Entry #10172”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
援	交
えん Grade: S	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• (euphemistic) 円光(えんこう) (enkō)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんこー [èńkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ŋko̞ː]

Noun

援(えん)交(こう) • (enkō) ^{←ゑんかう (wenkau)?}

1. dating with compensation (payments, financial support, etc.); schoolgirl prostitution.

Synonyms

• 援助交際(えんじょこうさい) (enjo kōsai)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN