桃花

Chinese

		peach	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (桃花)		桃	花
simp. ^#(桃花)		桃	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): táohuā

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ faa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thò-fâ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thô-hoe / thô-hoa
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶dau-ho

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: táohuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: táohua
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao²-hua¹
  - Yale: táu-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhua
  - Palladius: таохуа (taoxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: táohuār
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: táohuar
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao²-hua¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: táu-hwār
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhual
  - Palladius: таохуар (taoxuar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ faa¹
  - Yale: tòuh fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ faː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^ˇ fa^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to² fa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹ fa²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: thô-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toi'hoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: thô-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toi'hoaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶dau-ho
  - MiniDict: dau^去 ho
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³dau-ho
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɔ²² ho⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: daw xwae

Rime
Character	桃	花
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	徒刀切	呼瓜切
Baxter	daw	xwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu/	/hˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu/	/hʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu/	/xua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw/	/hwaɨ/
Li Rong	/dɑu/	/xua/
Wang Li	/dɑu/	/xwa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑu/	/xwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	táo	huā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou⁴	faa¹

Noun

桃花

peach blossom
(figurative) luck in love affairs; luck in love

Derived terms

三月裡的桃花 / 三月里的桃花
人面桃花 (rénmiàntáohuā)
命帶桃花 / 命带桃花
桃花人面
桃花劫 (táohuājié)
桃花塢木版年畫 / 桃花坞木版年画
桃花妝 / 桃花妆
桃花山 (Táohuāshān)
桃花心木 (táohuāxīnmù)
桃花扇
桃花星
桃花水
桃花汛 (táohuāxùn)
桃花源 (táohuāyuán)
桃花源記 / 桃花源记
桃花源詩 / 桃花源诗
桃花眼
桃花紙 / 桃花纸
桃花薄命
桃花運 / 桃花运 (táohuāyùn)
桃花過渡 / 桃花过渡
桃花面
碧桃花下
面如桃花

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
桃	花
とう Grade: S	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 桃花 (daw xwæ). Compare modern Chinese 桃花 (táohuā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [to̞ːka̠]

Noun

桃(とう)花(か) • (tōka) ^{←たうくわ (taukwa)^?}

a peach blossom

Proper noun

桃(とう)花(か) • (Tōka) ^{←たうくわ (Taukwa)^?}

a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
桃	花
もも Grade: S	か Grade: 1
yutōyomi

A given name. Compound of 桃 (momo, “peach”, kun'yomi) +‎ 花 (ka, “flower”, on'yomi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mo̞mo̞ka̠]

Proper noun

桃(もも)花(か) • (Momoka) ^{←ももくわ (Momokwa)^?}

a female given name