桃花

Chinese

		peach	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (桃花)		桃	花
simp. #(桃花)		桃	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táohuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ faa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thò-fâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thô-hoe / thô-hoa
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶dau-ho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táohuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táohua
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²-hua¹
    • Yale: táu-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhua
    • Palladius: таохуа (taoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táohuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táohuar
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²-hua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: táu-hwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhual
    • Palladius: таохуар (taoxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: tòuh fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ faː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: toˇ fa´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to² fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹ fa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: thô-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toi'hoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: thô-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toi'hoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶dau-ho
    • MiniDict: dau^去 ho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³dau-ho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɔ²² ho⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: daw xwae

Rime
Character	桃	花
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	徒刀切	呼瓜切
Baxter	daw	xwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu/	/hˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu/	/hʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu/	/xua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw/	/hwaɨ/
Li Rong	/dɑu/	/xua/
Wang Li	/dɑu/	/xwa/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑu/	/xwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	táo	huā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou4	faa1

Noun

桃花

1. peach blossom
2. (figurative) luck in love affairs; luck in love

Derived terms

• 三月裡的桃花／三月里的桃花
• 人面桃花 (rénmiàntáohuā)
• 命帶桃花／命带桃花
• 桃花人面
• 桃花劫 (táohuājié)
• 桃花塢木版年畫／桃花坞木版年画
• 桃花妝／桃花妆
• 桃花山 (Táohuāshān)
• 桃花心木 (táohuāxīnmù)
• 桃花扇
• 桃花星
• 桃花水
• 桃花汛 (táohuāxùn)
• 桃花源 (táohuāyuán)
• 桃花源記／桃花源记
• 桃花源詩／桃花源诗
• 桃花眼
• 桃花紙／桃花纸
• 桃花薄命
• 桃花運／桃花运 (táohuāyùn)
• 桃花過渡／桃花过渡
• 桃花面
• 碧桃花下
• 面如桃花

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
桃	花
とう Grade: S	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 桃花 (daw xwæ). Compare modern Chinese 桃花 (táohuā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ːka̠]

Noun

桃(とう)花(か) • (tōka) ^{←たうくわ (taukwa)?}

1. a peach blossom

Proper noun

桃(とう)花(か) • (Tōka) ^{←たうくわ (taukwa)?}

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
桃	花
もも Grade: S	か Grade: 1
yutōyomi

A given name. Compound of 桃 (momo, “peach”, kun'yomi) +‎ 花 (ka, “flower”, on'yomi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo̞mo̞ka̠]

Proper noun

桃(もも)花(か) • (Momoka) ^{←ももくわ (momokwa)?}

1. a female given name