桃李
Chinese
| peach | plum | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (桃李) | 桃 | 李 | |
| simp. #(桃李) | 桃 | 李 | |
Etymology
The figurative sense is from an ancient anecdote that describes how planting either the peach or the plum tree in spring will give you shade in summer and fruit ripe for the picking in autumn as opposed to planting, let's say, thorns; also refers to the fact that peach and plum trees take considerable amount of time and care to cultivate, but the fruit is always sweet.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tou4 lei5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thò-lí
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thô-lí
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: táolǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: táolǐ
- Wade–Giles: tʻao2-li3
- Yale: táu-lǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurlii
- Palladius: таоли (taoli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou4 lei5
- Yale: tòuh léih
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou4 lei5
- Guangdong Romanization: tou4 léi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯²¹ lei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-lí
- Hakka Romanization System: toˇ liˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: to2 li3
- Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹ li³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô-lí
- Tâi-lô: thô-lí
- Phofsit Daibuun: toilie
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo¹³⁻²² li⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: daw liX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.lˤaw C.rəʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːw rɯʔ/
Noun
桃李
- (literal, Classical) peaches and plums
- (Classical) peach flowers and plum flowers
- (figurative) all the pupils of a teacher over their lifetime
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 桃 | 李 |
| とう Grade: S |
り Jinmeiyō |
| kan'on | on'yomi |
Noun
- peach and plum
- a student nominated by the examiner