分桃

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	peach
trad. (分桃)		分	桃
simp. #(分桃)		分	桃
Literally: “to share peaches”.

Etymology

See 餘桃／余桃 (yútáo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēntáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ tou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēntáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fentáo
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹-tʻao²
    • Yale: fēn-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fentaur
    • Palladius: фэньтао (fɛnʹtao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ tou⁴
    • Yale: fān tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/

Noun

分桃

1. (figurative) male homosexuality

Derived terms

• 分桃斷袖／分桃断袖
• 斷袖分桃／断袖分桃 (duànxiù fēntáo)

 

See also

• 讓梨／让梨 (rànglí)