桜桃

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 桜桃 – see 櫻桃 (“cherry; reddish mouth of a beautiful girl”). (This term is the second-round simplified form of 櫻桃).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

桜桃 (ōtō, sakuranbō): Japanese cultivated cherries.

Kanji in this term
桜	桃
おう Grade: 5	とう Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spelling
櫻桃 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

/autau/ → /ɔːtɔː/ → /oːtoː/

From Middle Chinese 櫻桃 (MC 'eang daw, literally “cherry; cherry tree + peach; peach-shaped fruit”). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おーとー [òótóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

桜(おう)桃(とう) • (ōtō) ^{←あうたう (autau)?}

1. A bird cherry, mazzard cherry, sweet cherry, or wild cherry tree, or gean (Prunus avium), of Europe and western Asia.
2. fruit of a tree of species Prunus avium
3. a Chinese sour cherry or Chinese cherry tree (Prunus pseudocerasus)
4. fruit of a Chinese cherry tree
5. a Nanking cherry, Korean cherry, or downy cherry tree (Prunus tomentosa)
6. fruit of a Nanking cherry tree
7. (figurative) a beautiful woman
8. (figurative) the lips of a beautiful woman

Synonyms

• (Prunus avium): 西(せい)洋(よう)美(み)桜(ざくら) (seiyō mizakura)
• (Prunus pseudocerasum): 支(し)那(な)美(み)桜(ざくら) (shina mizakura)
• (Prunus tomentosa): 英(ゆすら)桃(うめ) (yusura ume)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
桜	桃
さくら Grade: 5	- Grade: S
kun’yomi	irregular

Alternative spelling
櫻桃 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 桜桃 – see the following entry.

【桜さくらん坊ぼう】 [noun] (fruit) cherry (mostly used for Japanese cherries) Alternative spellings 桜んぼ, さくらんぼ, サクランボ

(This term, 桜桃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)