桃園

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See also: 桃园

Chinese

peach garden
trad. (桃園)
simp. (桃园)
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Etymology 1

Noun

桃園

  1. peach garden
Derived terms

Etymology 2

桃園

For the place in Taiwan, shortened from Hokkien 桃仔園 / 桃仔园 (Thô-á-hn̂g), which was used alongside 桃園 / 桃园 by the time of the Guangxu Emperor. Found in official Qing documents by 1888.

Proper noun

桃園

  1. (, formerly ) Taoyuan (a city and former county of Taiwan)
  2. (, formerly ) Taoyuan (a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan, formerly a county-controlled city)
See also

Etymology 3

Noun

桃園

  1. Misspelling of 桃源 (táoyuán).

References

  • Wong, Chung Ming Peter 黃仲鳴. 1997. 追蹤錯別字. Hong Kong: Sing Tao Publishing.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
もも
Grade: S
その > ぞの
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Noun

(もも)(ぞの) (momozono

  1. peach orchard

Proper noun

(もも)(ぞの) (Momozono

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
えん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

(とう)(えん) (Tōen

  1. Taoyuan (a city in Taiwan)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

桃園

  1. chữ Hán form of Đào Viên (Taoyuan)