鴛鴦蝴蝶

Chinese

		mandarin duck; ruddy shelduck	butterfly; hinge
trad. (鴛鴦蝴蝶)		鴛鴦	蝴蝶
simp. (鸳鸯蝴蝶)		鸳鸯	蝴蝶

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuānyānghúdíe

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢㄧㄤㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ joeng¹ wu⁴ dip⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuānyānghúdíe
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢㄧㄤㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuanyanghúdié
  - Wade–Giles: yüan¹-yang¹-hu²-tieh²
  - Yale: ywān-yāng-hú-dyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuanianghwudye
  - Palladius: юаньянхуде (juanʹjanxude)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ jɑŋ⁵⁵ xu³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun¹ joeng¹ wu⁴ dip⁶
  - Yale: yūn yēung wùh dihp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ joeng¹ wu⁴ dip⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ yêng¹ wu⁴ dib⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ⁵⁵ wuː²¹ tiːp̚²/

Idiom

鴛鴦蝴蝶

mandarin ducks and butterflies (i.e. love birds)
(derogatory) Used in reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900

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