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Etymology
From the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in which Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, and Liu Bei made an oath in the peach garden.
Three Heroes of Three Kingdoms, silk painting by Sekkan Sakurai (1715-1790). This painting is usually hung in the offices of businessmen to show that they were trustworthy, as these brothers were to each other.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄧˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tauryuanjyeyih
- IPA (key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ y̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ i⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: tou4 jyun4 git3 ji6
- Yale: tòuh yùhn git yih
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou4 jyn4 git8 ji6
- IPA (key): /tʰou̯²¹ jyːn²¹ kiːt̚³ jiː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+