雙飛

Chinese

		two; double; pair two; double; pair; both	to fly
trad. (雙飛)		雙	飛
simp. (双飞)		双	飞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuāngfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ fei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuāngfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuangfei
    • Wade–Giles: shuang¹-fei¹
    • Yale: shwāng-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuangfei
    • Palladius: шуанфэй (šuanfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ fei¹
    • Yale: sēung fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/

Verb

雙飛

1. (of male and female birds) to fly in pairs

   雙飛燕／双飞燕  ―  shuāngfēi yàn  ―  a pair of flying swallows (of both sexes)

2. to fly to (a destination) and back, especially for travel

   雙飛游／双飞游  ―  shuāngfēi yóu  ―  tour package that includes round-trip flights

   雙飛雲南／双飞云南  ―  shuāngfēi Yúnnán  ―  to fly to Yunnan and back

3. (slang) to have a threesome that involves one male and two females

Derived terms

• 橫雙飛 / 横双飞
• 比翼雙飛 / 比翼双飞 (bǐyìshuāngfēi)
• 雙宿雙飛 / 双宿双飞 (shuāngsùshuāngfēi)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雙飛):

• → Korean: 쌍비(雙飛) (ssangbi)
• → Vietnamese: song phi (雙飛)