桃花癲

桃花癲

Chinese

		peach blossom; luck in love affairs; luck in love	convulsions; crazy
trad. (桃花癲)		桃花	癲
simp. (桃花癫)		桃花	癫
Literally: “peach blossom insanity”.

Etymology

Due to the higher frequency of hypomanic or manic episodes during spring, which manifest themselves often as hypersexuality.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táohuādiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ faa¹ din¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: táohuādiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhuadian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táohuadian
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xwä⁵⁵ tjɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: táohuārdiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ ㄉㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhualdian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táohuardian
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xwɑɻ⁵⁵ tjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ faa¹ din¹
    • Yale: tòuh fā dīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ faa¹ din¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ fa¹ din¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ fäː⁵⁵ tiːn⁵⁵/

Noun

桃花癲

1. (colloquial) mania or hypomania; manic phase of bipolar disorder