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桃 tou4 {táo}

peach

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桃花 tou4 faa1 {táo huā}

Peach blossom, this flower is often associated with love in Chinese culture 2

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桃李 tou4 lei5 {táo lǐ}

students (slang)

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桃江 tou4 gong1 {Táo jiāng}

Taojiang county in Yiyang 益陽, Hunan

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桃紅〔-红〕 tou4 hung4 {táo hóng}

pink

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桃仁 tou4 jan4 {táo rén}

peach kernel, used in Chinese medicine

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桃園〔-园〕 tou4 jyun4 {Táo yuán}

Taoyuan city and county in Taiwan

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桃源 tou4 jyun4 {Táo yuán}

  1. Taoyuan county in Changde 常德, Hunan
  2. Taoyuan township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣, southwest Taiwan

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桃源 tou4 jyun4 {táo yuán}

  1. same as 世外桃源
  2. the Garden of the Peaches of Immortality
  3. Shangri-la
  4. imaginary land of joy and plenty (sim. Utopia, Cockaigne, Shangri-la)

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桃山 tou4 saan1 {Táo shān}

  1. peach mountain
  2. Taoshan district of Qitaihe city 七台河, Heilongjiang

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桃心 tou4 sam1 {táo xīn}

heart symbol ♥

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桃汛 tou4 seon3 {táo xùn}

spring flood (at peach-blossom time)

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桃色 tou4 sik1 {táo sè}

  1. pink
  2. peach color
  3. illicit love
  4. sexual

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桃城 tou4 sing4 {Táo chéng}

Taocheng district of Hengshui city 衡水市, Hebei

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桃樹〔-树〕 tou4 syu6 {táo shù}

  1. peach tree
  2. CL: 株

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桃子 tou4 zi2 {táo zi}

peach

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桃紅色〔-红-〕 tou4 hung4 sik1 {táo hóng sè}

peach colour

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桃花源 tou4 faa1 jyun4 {táo huā yuán}

  1. same as 世外桃花源
  2. the Garden of the Peaches of Immortality
  3. imaginary land of joy and plenty (sim. Utopia, Cockaigne, Shangri-la)

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桃花汛 tou4 faa1 seon3 {táo huā xùn}

spring flood (at peach-blossom time)

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桃花扇 tou4 faa1 sin3 {Táo huā Shàn}

The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren 孔尚任

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桃花運〔--运〕 tou4 faa1 wan6 {táo huā yùn}

  1. luck with the ladies
  2. a romance
  3. good luck

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桃金娘 tou4 gam1 noeng4 {táo jīn niáng}

rose myrtle (Myrtus communis)

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桃江縣〔--县〕 tou4 gong1 jyun6 {Táo jiāng xiàn}

Taojiang county in Yiyang 益陽, Hunan

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桃源鄉〔--乡〕 tou4 jyun4 hoeng1 {Táo yuán xiāng}

Taoyuan township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣, southwest Taiwan

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桃園縣〔-园县〕 tou4 jyun4 jyun6 {Táo yuán xiàn}

Taoyuan county in Taiwan

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桃源縣〔--县〕 tou4 jyun4 jyun6 {Táo yuán xiàn}

Taoyuan county in Changde 常德, Hunan

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桃園市〔-园-〕 tou4 jyun4 si5 {Táo yuán shì}

Taoyuan city in north Taiwan, capital of Taoyuan county

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桃莉羊 tou4 lei6 joeng4 {Táo lì yáng}

(Tw) Dolly (1996-2003), female sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell

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桃山區〔--区〕 tou4 saan1 keoi1 {Táo shān qū}

Taoshan district of Qitaihe city 七台河, Heilongjiang

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桃城區〔--区〕 tou4 sing4 keoi1 {Táo chéng qū}

Taocheng district of Hengshui city 衡水市, Hebei

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桃花心木 tou4 faa1 sam1 muk6 {táo huā xīn mù}

mahogany

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桃花水母 tou4 faa1 seoi2 mou5 {táo huā shuǐ mǔ}

freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta)

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桃金娘科 tou4 gam1 noeng4 fo1 {táo jīn niáng kē}

Myrtaceae (family including myrtle, rosemary, oregano etc)

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桃園結義〔-园结义〕 tou4 jyun4 git3 ji6 {táo yuán jié yì}

to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義) (idiom)

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桃色案件 tou4 sik1 on3 gin2 {táo sè àn jiàn}

case involving sex scandal (law)

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桃色新聞〔---闻〕 tou4 sik1 san1 man4 {táo sè xīn wén}

sex scandal

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桃腮粉臉〔---脸〕 tou4 soi1 fan2 lim5 {táo sāi fěn liǎn}

rosy-cheeked (idiom)

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桃李滿天下〔--满--〕 tou4 lei5 mun5 tin1 haa6 {táo lǐ mǎn tiān xià}

to have many students everywhere

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桃園三結義〔-园-结义〕 tou4 jyun4 saam1 git3 ji6 {Táo yuán Sān Jié yì}

Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備, Zhang Fei 張飛 and Guan Yu 關羽 at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義

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