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

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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    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

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)

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