7 words for condom in Chinese

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Print this one out and keep it in your back pocket. You never know.

Here, thanks to a guy named Carl and his blog, are seven words for "condom" in Chinese:

7 words for condom

Interestingly enough, the etymology of the English word "condom" is unclear.

Most people think it came from Latin, but whether it came from "condon" (receptacle), "condamina" (house), or "cumdum" (scabbard or case) is the source of some debate.

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