桃園

See also: 桃园

Chinese

		peach	garden
trad. (桃園)		桃	園
simp. (桃园)		桃	园

Etymology

For the place in Taiwan, shortened from Min Nan 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.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): táoyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ jyun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thò-yèn / thò-yàn
Min Dong (BUC): tò̤-huòng
Min Nan (POJ): thô-hn̂g / thô-hûiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: táoyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tauryuan
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ y̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    桃園／桃园
    桃源
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ jyun⁴
  - Yale: tòuh yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ yun⁴
  - 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
  - IPA: /tʰo¹¹ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: toˇ (r)ianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to² yan²
  - IPA: /tʰo¹¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tò̤-huòng
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰo⁵³⁻³³ ^(h-)uoŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream 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)

Proper noun

桃園

(～市, formerly ～縣) Taoyuan (city and former county in Taiwan)
(～區, formerly ～市) Taoyuan District, Taiwan (district in the Taoyuan City, formerly a county-controlled city in Taoyuan County)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
桃	園
もも Grade: S	その > ぞの Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

桃園 (hiragana ももぞの, rōmaji momozono)

peach orchard

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
桃	園
とう Grade: S	えん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

桃園 (hiragana とうえん, rōmaji Tōen)

Taoyuan

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
桃	園

Proper noun

桃園

Hán tự form of Đào Viên (“Taoyuan”).

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