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

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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    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:
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    桃園／桃园
    桃源
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: toˇ ienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to² yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: toˇ (r)ianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to² yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/
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/

Noun

桃園

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

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

Noun

桃園

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)

peach orchard

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)

Taoyuan (a city in Taiwan)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
桃	園

Proper noun

桃園

chữ Hán form of Đào Viên (“Taoyuan”).

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