豆蔻年華

Chinese

		cardamom, especially the round cardamom	times; period; age
trad. (豆蔻年華/荳蔻年華)		豆蔻/荳蔻	年華
simp. (豆蔻年华)		豆蔻	年华

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòukòuniánhuá

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ㄎㄡˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dau⁶ kau³ nin⁴ waa⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòukòuniánhuá
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄎㄡˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòukòuniánhuá
  - Wade–Giles: tou⁴-kʻou⁴-nien²-hua²
  - Yale: dòu-kòu-nyán-hwá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowkownianhwa
  - Palladius: доукоуняньхуа (doukounjanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dau⁶ kau³ nin⁴ waa⁴
  - Yale: dauh kau nìhn wàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dau⁶ kau³ nin⁴ waa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: deo⁶ keo³ nin⁴ wa⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯²² kʰɐu̯³³ niːn²¹ waː²¹/

Idiom

豆蔻年華

(figuratively) thirteen to fourteen years of age (of a girl); maidenhood

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