桃夭
Chinese
| peach | tender; gentle; to die prematurely | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (桃夭) |
桃 | 夭 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: táoyāo
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: táoyao
- Wade–Giles: tʻao2-yao1
- Yale: táu-yāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tauriau
- Palladius: таояо (taojao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Verb
桃夭
- (literary) to get married
Synonyms
- 交姻 (American (–1980) Cantonese)
- 作對 / 作对 (zuòduì, “to pair off in marriage”)
- 匹偶 (pǐ'ǒu) (literary)
- 匹配 (pǐpèi)
- 娶 (of a man)
- 婚嫁 (hūnjià)
- 婚配 (hūnpèi)
- 嫁 (jià) (of a woman)
- 嫁娶 (jiàqǔ)
- 安家 (ānjiā) (figurative)
- 完婚 (wánhūn)
- 完成 (wánchéng) (literary)
- 成交 (chéngjiāo) (Shanghainese)
- 成婚 (chénghūn)
- 成家 (chéngjiā) (of a man)
- 成親 / 成亲 (chéngqīn)
- 𤆬 (“to take a wife”) (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
- 𤆬人 (Hokkien)
- 𤆬新娘 (“to take a wife”) (Min Nan)
- 𤆬新婦 / 𤆬新妇 (“to take a wife”)
- 結合 / 结合 (jiéhé)
- 結婚 / 结婚
- 聯結 / 联结 (liánjié)