# 桃花
## Chinese

* 桃花

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): táohuā
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tou$^4$ faa$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thò-fâ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thô-hoe / thô-hoa
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$dau-ho
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: táohuā
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táohua
*** Wade–Giles: tʻao$^2$-hua$^1$
*** Yale: táu-hwā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhua
*** Palladius: таохуа (taoxua)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: táohuār
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táohuar
*** Wade–Giles: tʻao$^2$-hua$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: táu-hwār
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhual
*** Palladius: таохуар (taoxuar)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^4$ faa$^1$
*** Yale: tòuh fā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^4$ faa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^4$ fa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰou̯²¹ faː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-fâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: to$^ˇ$ fa$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: to$^2$ fa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹ fa²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô-hoe
*** Tâi-lô: thô-hue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toi'hoef
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô-hoa
*** Tâi-lô: thô-hua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toi'hoaf
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$dau-ho
*** MiniDict: dau$^去$ ho
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$dau-ho
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɔ²² ho⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: daw xwae
Rime :
| Character | 桃 | 花 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 麻 (99) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | II |
| Fanqie | 徒刀切 | 呼瓜切 |
| Baxter | daw | xwae |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑu/ | /hˠua/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑu/ | /hʷᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑu/ | /xua/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daw/ | /hwaɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑu/ | /xua/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑu/ | /xwa/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱɑu/ | /xwa/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | táo | huā |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tou$^4$ | faa$^1$ |

### Noun

桃花
* peach blossom
* (figurative) luck in love affairs; luck in love

#### Derived terms

* 三月裡的桃花／三月里的桃花
* 人面桃花 (rénmiàntáohuā)
* 命帶桃花／命带桃花
* 桃花人面
* 桃花劫 (táohuājié)
* 桃花塢木版年畫／桃花坞木版年画
* 桃花妝／桃花妆
* 桃花山 (Táohuāshān)
* 桃花心木 (táohuāxīnmù)
* 桃花扇
* 桃花星
* 桃花水
* 桃花汛 (táohuāxùn)
* 桃花源 (táohuāyuán)
* 桃花源記／桃花源记
* 桃花源詩／桃花源诗
* 桃花眼
* 桃花紙／桃花纸
* 桃花薄命
* 桃花運／桃花运 (táohuāyùn)
* 桃花過渡／桃花过渡
* 桃花面
* 碧桃花下
* 面如桃花

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 桃 | 花 |
| とう Grade: S | か Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
From Middle Chinese compound 桃花 (daw xwæ). Compare modern Chinese 桃花 (táohuā).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [to̞ːka̠]

#### Noun

桃(とう)花(か) • (tōka)
* a peach blossom

#### Proper noun

桃(とう)花(か) • (Tōka)
* a female given name

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 桃 | 花 |
| もも Grade: S | か Grade: 1 |
| yutōyomi ||
A given name. Compound of 桃 (momo, “peach”, kun'yomi) +‎ 花 (ka, “flower”, on'yomi).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mo̞mo̞ka̠]

#### Proper noun

桃(もも)花(か) • (Momoka)
* a female given name