豆蔻年華

Chinese

		cardamom, especially the round cardamom	times; period; age
trad. (豆蔻年華/荳蔻年華)		豆蔻/荳蔻	年華
simp. (豆蔻年华)		豆蔻	年华

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòukòuniánhuá

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ㄎㄡˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau⁶ kau³ nin⁴ waa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòukòuniánhuá
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄎㄡˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòukòuniánhuá
    • Wade–Giles: tou⁴-kʻou⁴-nien²-hua²
    • Yale: dòu-kòu-nyán-hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowkownianhwa
    • Palladius: доукоуняньхуа (doukounjanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau⁶ kau³ nin⁴ waa⁴
    • Yale: dauh kau nìhn wàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau⁶ kau³ nin⁴ waa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo⁶ keo³ nin⁴ wa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯²² kʰɐu̯³³ niːn²¹ waː²¹/

Idiom

豆蔻年華

1. (figuratively) thirteen to fourteen years of age (of a girl); maidenhood