蟠桃

Chinese

		Trichina spiralis; to coil	peach
trad. (蟠桃)		蟠	桃
simp. #(蟠桃)		蟠	桃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pántáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pun⁴ tou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phoân-thô
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶be-dau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pántáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pántáo
    • Wade–Giles: pʻan²-tʻao²
    • Yale: pán-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parntaur
    • Palladius: паньтао (panʹtao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pun⁴ tou⁴
    • Yale: pùhn tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pun⁴ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pun⁴ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːn²¹ tʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoân-thô
    • Tâi-lô: phuân-thô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoantooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰuan²⁴⁻²² tʰo²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuan²⁴⁻²² tʰo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰuan¹³⁻²² tʰo¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰuan²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰuan²³⁻³³ tʰɤ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶be-dau
    • MiniDict: be^去 dau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³be-dau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /be²² dɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

蟠桃

1. flat peach (Prunus persica subsp. platycarpa)
2. (Chinese mythology) peach of immortality

Synonyms

• (flat peach): 扁桃 (biǎntáo)
• (peach of immortality): 仙桃 (xiāntáo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蟠	桃
ばん Hyōgai	とう Grade: S
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
蟠	桃
はん Hyōgai	とう Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 蟠桃 (MC ban daw). First cited to a work from 1313-1328.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bã̠nto̞ː]
• IPA^(key): [hã̠nto̞ː]

Noun

蟠(ばん)桃(とう) or 蟠(はん)桃(とう) or 蟠桃(バントウ) or 蟠桃(ハントウ) • (bantō or hantō) 

1. flat peach (Prunus persica subsp. platycarpa)
2. (Chinese mythology) peach of immortality

   Synonym: 仙客 (sentō)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).