桃夭

Chinese

		peach	tender; gentle; to die prematurely
simp. and trad. (桃夭)		桃	夭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táoyāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄧㄠ

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• 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/

Verb

桃夭

1. (literary) to get married

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 成婚 (chénghūn)
• 成家 (chéngjiā) (of a man)
• 成親／成亲 (chéngqīn)
• 𤆬 (“to take a wife”) (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
• 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 (jiéhūn)
• 聯結／联结 (liánjié)

 

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