桃花

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
• Min Nan (POJ): thô-hoe / thô-hoa
• Wu (Wiktionary): dau ho (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: táohuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhua
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táohua
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xwä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: táohuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhual
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táohuar
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xwɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: tòuh fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ fa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ fäː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: toˇ fa´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to² fa¹
    • IPA: /tʰo¹¹ fa²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (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
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: dau ho (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /d̻ɔ²² ho⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /dɑu  hˠua/▼

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
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

Noun

桃花

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

Derived terms

Derived terms from 桃花

三月裡的桃花／三月里的桃花 人面桃花 (rénmiàn táohuā) 命帶桃花／命带桃花 桃花人面 桃花劫 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

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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

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːka̠]

Noun

桃花 (hiragana とうか, rōmaji tōka, historical hiragana たうくわ)

1. a peach blossom

Proper noun

桃花 (hiragana とうか, rōmaji Tōka, historical hiragana たうくわ)

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

• Yutōyomi
• IPA^(key): [mo̞mo̞ka̠]

Proper noun

桃花 (hiragana ももか, rōmaji Momoka, historical hiragana ももくわ)

1. A female given name