雙飛

雙飛

Chinese

		two; double; pair two; double; pair; both	to fly
trad. (雙飛)		雙	飛
simp. (双飞)		双	飞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuāngfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ fei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuāngfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤ ㄈㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuangfei
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ fei¹
    • Yale: sēung fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ féi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/

Verb

雙飛

1. (of male and female birds) to fly in pairs

   雙飛燕 / 双飞燕  ―  shuāngfēi yàn  ―  a pair of flying swallows (of both sexes)

2. to fly to (a destination) and back, especially for travel

   雙飛游 / 双飞游  ―  shuāngfēi yóu  ―  tour package that includes round-trip flights

   雙飛雲南 / 双飞云南  ―  shuāngfēi Yúnnán  ―  to fly to Yunnan and back

3. (slang) to have a threesome that involves one male and two females

Derived terms

橫雙飛／横双飞 比翼雙飛／比翼双飞

雙宿雙飛／双宿双飞 (shuāngsùshuāngfēi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雙飛):

• → Korean: 쌍비 (雙飛, ssangbi)
• → Vietnamese: song phi (雙飛)