鴛鴦蝴蝶

Chinese

		mandarin duck; ruddy shelduck	butterfly; hinge
trad. (鴛鴦蝴蝶)		鴛鴦	蝴蝶
simp. (鸳鸯蝴蝶)		鸳鸯	蝴蝶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuānyānghúdié

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ ㄧㄤ ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ joeng¹ wu⁴ dip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuānyānghúdié
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ㄧㄤ ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuanyanghúdié
    • Wade–Giles: yüan¹-yang¹-hu²-tieh²
    • Yale: ywān-yāng-hú-dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuanianghwudye
    • Palladius: юаньянхуде (juanʹjanxude)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ jɑŋ⁵⁵ xu³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun¹ joeng¹ wu⁴ dip⁶
    • Yale: yūn yēung wùh dihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ joeng¹ wu⁴ dip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ yêng¹ wu⁴ dib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ⁵⁵ wuː²¹ tiːp̚²/

Idiom

鴛鴦蝴蝶

1. mandarin ducks and butterflies (i.e. love birds)
2. (derogatory) Used in reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900