斷袖餘桃

斷袖餘桃

Chinese

		cut sleeve; male homosexuality; male homosexual cut sleeve; male homosexuality; male homosexual; gay	the leftover peach; male homosexuality
trad. (斷袖餘桃)		斷袖	餘桃
simp. (断袖余桃)		断袖	余桃
variant forms		餘桃斷袖／余桃断袖
Literally: “cut sleeve, leftover peach”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànxiùyútáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄩˊ ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun⁶ zau⁶ jyu⁴ tou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: duànxiùyútáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄩˊ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannshiowyutaur
    • IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ y³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun⁶ zau⁶ jyu⁴ tou⁴
    • Yale: dyuhn jauh yùh tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn⁶ dzau⁶ jy⁴ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün⁶ zeo⁶ yu⁴ tou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tyːn²² t͡sɐu̯²² jyː²¹ tʰou̯²¹/

Idiom

斷袖餘桃

1. (figuratively) male homosexuality