逃之夭夭 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
| to escape; to run away; to flee | 's; him/her/it; this | |||
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| trad. (逃之夭夭) | 逃 | 之 | 夭夭 | |
| simp. #(逃之夭夭) | 逃 | 之 | 夭夭 | |
A homophonic pun based on the following line from the Classic of Poetry, poem 6 (《詩經·周南·桃夭》), by replacing 桃 (táo, “peach”) with 逃 (táo, “to escape”):
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): táozhīyāoyāo
- (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄓ ㄧㄠ ㄧㄠ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tou4 zi1 jiu1 jiu1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tô-chi-iau-iau
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: táozhīyāoyāo
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄓ ㄧㄠ ㄧㄠ
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô-chi-iau-iau
- Tâi-lô: tô-tsi-iau-iau
- Phofsit Daibuun: doici'iau'iaw
- IPA (Xiamen): /to²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² iau⁴⁴⁻²² iau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /to²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
逃之夭夭
- (humorous) to flee; to take to one's heels