蟠桃

Chinese

		Trichina spiralis; to coil	peach
trad. (蟠桃)		蟠	桃
simp. ^#(蟠桃)		蟠	桃

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pántáo

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ ㄊㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pun⁴ tou⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phoân-thô
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶be-dau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pántáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ ㄊㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pántáo
  - Wade–Giles: pʻan²-tʻao²
  - Yale: pán-táu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parntaur
  - Palladius: паньтао (panʹtao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pun⁴ tou⁴
  - Yale: pùhn tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pun⁴ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pun⁴ tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːn²¹ tʰou̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoân-thô
  - Tâi-lô: phuân-thô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoantooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰuan²⁴⁻²² tʰo²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuan²⁴⁻²² tʰo²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰuan¹³⁻²² tʰo¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰuan²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰuan²³⁻³³ tʰɤ²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶be-dau
  - MiniDict: be^去 dau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³be-dau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /be²² dɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

蟠桃

Synonyms

(flat peach): 扁桃 (biǎntáo)
(peach of immortality): 仙桃 (xiāntáo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蟠	桃
ばん Hyōgai	とう Grade: S
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
蟠	桃
はん Hyōgai	とう Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 蟠桃 (MC ban daw). First cited to a work from 1313-1328.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bã̠nto̞ː]
IPA^(key): [hã̠nto̞ː]

Noun

蟠(ばん)桃(とう) or 蟠(はん)桃(とう) or 蟠桃(バントウ) or 蟠桃(ハントウ) • (bantō or hantō)

flat peach (Prunus persica subsp. platycarpa)
(Chinese mythology) peach of immortality
Synonym: 仙客 (sentō)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

^ “蟠桃”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006