桃花運

See also: 桃花运

Chinese

FWOTD – 6 March 2017

		peach blossom; luck in love affairs; luck in love	luck; fate
trad. (桃花運)		桃花	運
simp. (桃花运)		桃花	运
Literally: “peach-blossom luck”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táohuāyùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ faa¹ wan⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'tau² fa¹ yn⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thô-hoe-ūn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táohuāyùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táohuayùn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²-hua¹-yün⁴
    • Yale: táu-hwā-yùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhuayunn
    • Palladius: таохуаюнь (taoxuajunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ yn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táohuāryùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ ㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táohuaryùn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²-hua¹-ʼrh-yün⁴
    • Yale: táu-hwār-yùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhualyunn
    • Palladius: таохуарюнь (taoxuarjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵ yn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ faa¹ wan⁶
    • Yale: tòuh fā wahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ faa¹ wan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ fa¹ wen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ faː⁵⁵ wɐn²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'tau² fa¹ yn⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈtʰau²⁴ fa⁴² yn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô-hoe-ūn
    • Tâi-lô: thô-hue-ūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toi'hoe'un
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴⁻²² un²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo²⁴⁻²² hue³³ un⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo¹³⁻²² hue⁴⁴⁻²² un²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ un³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ un³³/

Noun

桃花運

1. (figurative, especially of a man) luck in love affairs; luck in love

   走桃花運／走桃花运  ―  zǒu táohuāyùn  ―  to have luck with the ladies

   • 可是我覺得你紅光滿面的，很可能是在走桃花運。 [MSC, trad.]
     可是我觉得你红光满面的，很可能是在走桃花运。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2006, Youzi (柚子), 《原來這就是愛情》 (So This Is Love)

     Kěshì wǒ juéde nǐ hóngguāngmǎnmiàn de, hěn kěnéng shì zài zǒu táohuāyùn. [Pinyin]

     But I think you look all flushed and radiant, which probably means you have been lucky in love.