Logos, Prophylactics, and Sexual Knowledge
12 December 2008It has come to the attention to some of the Laonei staff that the new logo, which is a “内” written in the seal-style of the Qin Dynasty (篆书- zhuàn shū), looks something a prophylactic and/or phallus. Well, we here at Laonei do not condone the use of sexual imagery for marketing purposes, but we do encourage the use of condoms, whether used for birth control, STD prevention, or water balloons.


With condoms in mind, I headed on over to the Jissbon website and was pleasantly surprised with their “sexual knowledge” section (性知识). I picked up a few new vocabulary words in the process, along with their descriptions in Chinese. Here are just a few (visit the website for a more complete list, though without translations):
安全套 (ān quán tào) - condom
前戏 (qián xì) - foreplay
手淫 (shǒu yín) - masturbate
舔阴 (tiǎn yīn) - cunnilingus
吹萧 (chuī xiāo) - fellatio
G点 (G diǎn) - Need I explain?
69 式 ·体位 (liù jiǔ shì tǐ wèi) -It’s all about the numbers


