櫻桃

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See also: 樱桃 and 桜桃

Chinese

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cherry peach
trad. (櫻桃)
simp. (樱桃)
2nd round simp. 桜桃

Pronunciation

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Note: The former pronunciation developed irregularly from Middle Chinese and is considered correct (avoids homophony with 陰道阴道 (yīndào)).

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (7)
Final () (117) (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II I
Fanqie
Baxter 'eang daw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠɛŋ/ /dɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚæŋ/ /dɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɐŋ/ /dɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəɨjŋ/ /daw/
Li
Rong
/ʔɛŋ/ /dɑu/
Wang
Li
/æŋ/ /dɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔæŋ/ /dʱɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ēng táo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ang1 tou4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
táo
Middle
Chinese
‹ daw ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.lˁaw/
English peach

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15329 16844
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qreːŋ/ /*l'aːw/
櫻桃

Noun

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櫻桃

  1. cherry (plant and fruit)
  2. (figurative) reddish mouth of a beautiful girl

Synonyms

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  • (cherry):

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (櫻桃):