桃源

桃源

Chinese

		peach	root; source; origin
simp. and trad. (桃源)		桃	源

Etymology

See 世外桃源 (shìwàitáoyuán).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táoyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ jyun⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): thô-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táoyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táoyuán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²-yüan²
    • Yale: táu-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tauryuan
    • Palladius: таоюань (taojuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 桃園／桃园 桃源

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ jyun⁴
    • Yale: tòuh yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ jyːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 桃園／桃园 桃源

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô-goân
    • Tâi-lô: thô-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toi'goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo¹³⁻²² ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²³⁻³³ ɡuan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /dɑu  ŋʉɐn/

Rime
Character	桃	源
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒刀切	愚袁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu/	/ŋʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu/	/ŋʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu/	/ŋiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw/	/ŋuan/
Li Rong	/dɑu/	/ŋiuɐn/
Wang Li	/dɑu/	/ŋĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑu/	/ŋi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	táo	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou4	jyun4

Noun

桃源

1. Short for 桃花源 (táohuāyuán, “The Peach Blossom Land; Shangri-La; Arcadia; lotus land; utopia”).

Derived terms

世外桃源 (shìwàitáoyuán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (桃源):

• → Japanese: 桃源(とうげん) (tōgen)

Proper noun

桃源

1. (～區, formerly ～鄉) Taoyuan (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, formerly a rural township)
2. (～縣) Taoyuan County (a county of Hunan, China)
3. (～鄉) Taoyuan (a township in Zhuxi, Shiyan, Hubei, China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
桃	源
とう Grade: S	げん Grade: 6
kan’on

Alternative forms

• 桃(とう)源(げん)郷(きょう) (tōgenkyō)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 桃源 (táoyuán, “The Peach Blossom Land; Shangri-La; Arcadia; lotus land; utopia”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) とーげん [tòógéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

桃(とう)源(げん) • (tōgen) ^{←たうげん (taugen)?}

1. Shangri-La; utopia

Synonyms

• 仙(せん)境(きょう) (senkyō)
• ユートピア (yūtopia)