人面桃花

人面桃花

Chinese

		man; person; people	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	peach blossom; luck in love affairs; luck in love
trad. (人面桃花)		人	面	桃花
simp. #(人面桃花)		人	面	桃花

Etymology

Literally: the face of a peach blossom

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénmiàn táohuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ min⁶ tou⁴ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rénmiàn táohuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renmiann taurhua
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xu̯a̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ min⁶ tou⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: yàhn mihn tòuh fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ min⁶ tou⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ min⁶ tou⁴ fa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ miːn²² tʰou̯²¹ faː⁵⁵/

Idiom

人面桃花

1. describes a man's nostalgic memory of an old sweetheart

Proper noun

人面桃花

1. the name of a Peking opera play