逃之夭夭

Chinese

		to escape; to run away; to flee	's; him/her/it; this
trad. (逃之夭夭)		逃	之	夭夭
simp. ^#(逃之夭夭)		逃	之	夭夭

Etymology

A homophonic pun based on 桃之夭夭 (“splendid and lush flowers of the peaches”), a line from an ancient Chinese poem 《桃夭》 in Classic of Poetry, by replacing 桃 (táo, “peach”) with 逃 (táo, “to escape”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): táozhīyāoyāo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄓㄧㄠㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ zi¹ jiu¹ jiu¹
Min Nan (POJ): tô-chi-iau-iau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: táozhīyāoyāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄓㄧㄠㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: táojhihyaoyao
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao²-chih¹-yao¹-yao¹
  - Yale: táu-jr̄-yāu-yāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurjyiauiau
  - Palladius: таочжияояо (taočžijaojao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ zi¹ jiu¹ jiu¹
  - Yale: tòuh jī yīu yīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ dzi¹ jiu¹ jiu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ ji¹ yiu¹ yiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô-chi-iau-iau
  - Tâi-lô: tô-tsi-iau-iau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doici'iau'iaw
  - IPA (Taipei): /to²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /to²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² iau⁴⁴⁻²² iau⁴⁴/

Verb

逃之夭夭

(humorous) to flee; to take to one's heels

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 走甲裂褲跤／走甲裂裤跤

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