桃花石

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Chinese

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peach blossom; luck in love affairs; luck in love rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (桃花石) 桃花
simp. #(桃花石) 桃花
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (32) (25)
Final () (89) (99) (123)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Open
Division () I II III
Fanqie
Baxter daw xwae dzyek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑu/ /hˠua/ /d͡ʑiᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑu/ /hʷᵚa/ /d͡ʑiɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑu/ /xua/ /d͡ʑiæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/daw/ /hwaɨ/ /d͡ʑiajk̚/
Li
Rong
/dɑu/ /xua/ /ʑiɛk̚/
Wang
Li
/dɑu/ /xwa/ /ʑĭɛk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱɑu/ /xwa/ /ʑi̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
táo huā shí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou4 faa1 sik6

Etymology 1

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Noun

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桃花石

  1. peach blossom stone (a pink-coloured mineral produced in Hunan)

Etymology 2

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Phono-semantic matching from Turkic; compare Old Turkic 𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲 (tabγač, Tuoba, a Xianbei clan; the Chinese). Compare 拓跋 (MC thak bat), 拓拔氏 (MC thak bjot dzyeX).

Proper noun

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桃花石

  1. (obsolete) Name of China used by people in Central Asia in the 13th century.
Synonyms
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