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 ㄏㄨㄚㄩㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ faa¹ wan⁶
Min Nan (POJ): thô-hoe-ūn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: táohuāyùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄩㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhuayunn
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xu̯a̠⁵⁵ yn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: táohuāryùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦㄩㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurhualyunn
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ xwɑɻ⁵⁵ yn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ faa¹ wan⁶
  - Yale: tòuh fā wahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ faa¹ wan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ fa¹ wen⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ fɑː⁵⁵ wɐn²²/
Min Nan
- (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

(figuratively, 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.

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