# 桃李
## Chinese
### Etymology

The figurative sense is from an ancient anecdote that describes how planting either the peach or the plum tree in spring will give you shade in summer and fruit ripe for the picking in autumn as opposed to planting, let's say, thorns; also refers to the fact that peach and plum trees take considerable amount of time and care to cultivate, but the fruit is always sweet.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): táolǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tou$^4$ lei$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thò-lí
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thô-lí
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: táolǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táolǐ
*** Wade–Giles: tʻao$^2$-li$^3$
*** Yale: táu-lǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurlii
*** Palladius: таоли (taoli)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^4$ lei$^5$
*** Yale: tòuh léih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^4$ lei$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^4$ léi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰou̯²¹ lei̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò-lí
*** Hakka Romanization System: to$^ˇ$ li$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: to$^2$ li$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹ li³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô-lí
*** Tâi-lô: thô-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toilie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo¹³⁻²² li⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: daw liX
Rime :
| Character | 桃 | 李 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 徒刀切 | 良士切 |
| Baxter | daw | liX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑu/ | /lɨ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑu/ | /lɨ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑu/ | /lie$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daw/ | /lɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑu/ | /liə$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑu/ | /lĭə$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑu/ | /li$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | táo | lǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tou$^4$ | lei$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.lˤaw C.rəʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːw rɯʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 桃 | 李 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | táo | lǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ daw › | ‹ li$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.lˁaw/ | /*C.rəʔ/ |
| English | peach | plum |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 桃 | 李 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 16844 | 17869 |
| Phonetic component | 兆 | 子 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 陶 | 里 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'aːw/ | /*rɯʔ/ |

### Noun

桃李
* (literal, Classical) peaches and plums
* (Classical) peach flowers and plum flowers
* (figurative) all the pupils of a teacher over their lifetime

#### Derived terms

* 公門桃李 / 公门桃李
* 春夜宴桃李園序 / 春夜宴桃李园序
* 桃李不言，下自成行
* 桃李不言，下自成蹊 (táolǐbùyán, xiàzìchéngxī)
* 桃李之教
* 桃李滿天下 / 桃李满天下 (táolǐ mǎn tiānxià)
* 桃李滿門 / 桃李满门 (táolǐmǎnmén)
* 桃李無言，下自成蹊 / 桃李无言，下自成蹊
* 桃李爭妍 / 桃李争妍
* 桃李爭輝 / 桃李争辉
* 桃李遍天下
* 桃李門牆 / 桃李门墙
* 色豔桃李 / 色艳桃李
* 豔如桃李 / 艳如桃李
* 門牆桃李 / 门墙桃李

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 桃 | 李 |
| とう Grade: S | り Jinmeiyō |
| kan'on | on'yomi |

### Noun

桃(とう)李(り) • (tōri)
* peach and plum
* a student nominated by the examiner