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

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

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)^?}

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

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