龍鳳胎

Chinese

FWOTD – 26 April 2023

		dragon and phoenix; man and woman; boy and girl	fetus; litter
trad. (龍鳳胎)		龍鳳	胎
simp. (龙凤胎)		龙凤	胎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóngfèngtāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄈㄥˋ ㄊㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ fung⁶ toi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóngfèngtāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄈㄥˋ ㄊㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóngfòngtai
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-fêng⁴-tʻai¹
    • Yale: lúng-fèng-tāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longfenqtai
    • Palladius: лунфэнтай (lunfɛntaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 龍鳳／龙凤 龍鳳胎／龙凤胎

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ fung⁶ toi¹
    • Yale: lùhng fuhng tōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ fung⁶ toi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ fung⁶ toi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ fʊŋ²² tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

龍鳳胎

1. boy-girl twins (Classifier: 對／对 m c)

   • 「看你這肚皮，好像懷了龍鳳胎，你累也不累？」 [MSC, trad.]
     「看你这肚皮，好像怀了龙凤胎，你累也不累？」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2006, 熊召政, 《萬曆首輔張居正：金縷曲》, Taipei: 遠流, →ISBN, page 119

     “Kàn nǐ zhè dùpí, hǎoxiàng huái le lóngfèngtāi, nǐ lèi yě bù lèi?” [Pinyin]

     “Seeing this belly of yours, it looks like you're pregnant with boy-girl twins. Are you not tired for one bit?”

Hypernyms

• 雙胞胎／双胞胎 (shuāngbāotāi)