桃園

See also: 桃园

Chinese

		peach	garden
trad. (桃園)		桃	園
simp. (桃园)		桃	园

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táoyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ jyun⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thò-yèn / thò-yàn

  (Hailu, HRS): to rhan

• Eastern Min (BUC): tò̤-huòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thô-hn̂g / thô-hûiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táoyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táoyuán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²-yüan²
    • Yale: táu-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tauryuan
    • Palladius: таоюань (taojuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 桃園 / 桃园 桃源

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ jyun⁴
    • Yale: tòuh yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ jyːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 桃園 / 桃园 桃源

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: to^ˇ ien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to² yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: to^ˇ (r)ian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to² yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: to rhan
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵ ʒan⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tò̤-huòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo⁵³⁻³³ ^(h-)uoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô-hn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: thô-hn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toi'hngg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² hŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²³⁻³³ hŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ hŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô-hûiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thô-huînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toi'hvuii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo¹³⁻²² huĩ¹³/

Etymology 1

Noun

桃園

1. peach garden

Derived terms

• 桃園三結義 / 桃园三结义 (táoyuán sān jiéyì)

 

Etymology 2

桃園

For the place in Taiwan, shortened from Hokkien 桃仔園 / 桃仔园 (Thô-á-hn̂g), which was used alongside 桃園 / 桃园 by the time of the Guangxu Emperor. Found in official Qing documents by 1888.

Proper noun

桃園

1. (～市, formerly ～縣) Taoyuan (a city and former county of Taiwan)
2. (～區, formerly ～市) Taoyuan (a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan, formerly a county-controlled city)

See also

• 桃仔園／桃仔园 (Táozǐyuán)

Etymology 3

Noun

桃園

1. Misspelling of 桃源 (táoyuán).

References

• Wong, Chung Ming Peter 黃仲鳴. 1997. 追蹤錯別字. Hong Kong: Sing Tao Publishing.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
桃	園
もも Grade: S	その > ぞの Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Noun

桃(もも)園(ぞの) • (momozono) 

1. peach orchard

Proper noun

桃(もも)園(ぞの) • (Momozono) 

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
桃	園
とう Grade: S	えん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

桃(とう)園(えん) • (Tōen) 

1. Taoyuan (a city in Taiwan)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
桃	園

Proper noun

桃園

1. chữ Hán form of Đào Viên (“Taoyuan”).