桃花石

桃花石

Chinese

		peach blossom; luck in love affairs; luck in love	rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (桃花石)		桃花	石
simp. #(桃花石)		桃花	石

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táohuāshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄕˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táohuāshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táohuashíh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²-hua¹-shih²
    • Yale: táu-hwā-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhuashyr
    • Palladius: таохуаши (taoxuaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xwä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /dɑu  hˠua  d͡ʑiᴇk̚/

Rime
Character	桃	花	石
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	曉 (32)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	麻 (99)	清 (123)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	II	III
Fanqie	徒刀切	呼瓜切	常隻切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu/	/hˠua/	/d͡ʑiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu/	/hʷᵚa/	/d͡ʑiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu/	/xua/	/d͡ʑiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw/	/hwaɨ/	/d͡ʑiajk̚/
Li Rong	/dɑu/	/xua/	/ʑiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/dɑu/	/xwa/	/ʑĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑu/	/xwa/	/ʑi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	táo	huā	shí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou4	faa1	sik6

Noun

桃花石

1. peach blossom stone (a pink-coloured mineral produced in Hunan)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Turkic; compare Old Turkic 𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲‬‎ (tabγač, “Tuoba, a Xianbei clan; the Chinese”). Compare 拓跋 (MC tʰɑk̚ buɑt̚), 拓拔氏 (MC tʰɑk̚ bʉɐt̚ d͡ʑiᴇ^X).

Proper noun

桃花石

1. (obsolete) Name of China used by people in Central Asia in the 13^th century.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 桃花石

中 (Zhōng) (abbreviation) 中原 (Zhōngyuán) 九州 (Jiǔzhōu) 唐山 (Tángshān) 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary, figurative) 天下 (tiānxià) (lofty) 天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang) 支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive) 桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete) 猜拿 (transliteration of English China) 神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary) 脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)

至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete) 震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic) 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó) 中華／中华 (Zhōnghuá) 種花家／种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous) 華／华 (Huá) (abbreviation) 華夏／华夏 (Huáxià) 諸夏／诸夏 (Zhūxià) 諸華／诸华 (Zhūhuá) 赤縣／赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary) 赤縣神州／赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)