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"birthday peach bun" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
寿桃包 壽桃包 shòu táo bāo longevity peach bun / birthday peach bun
Chinese Pinyin Translation
蟠桃 pán táo flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach) / the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母 syn
流沙包 liú shā bāo salted egg custard bun / lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum)
小寿星 小壽星 xiǎo shòu xīng child whose birthday is being celebrated / birthday boy / birthday girl
水蜜桃 shuǐ mì táo honey peach / juicy peach
蜜桃 mì táo honey peach / juicy peach
盘头 盤頭 pán tóu to coil hair into a bun / hair worn in bun / turban / hair ornament / to interrogate
菠萝包 菠蘿包 bō luó bāo pineapple bun, a sweet bun popular esp. in Hong Kong (typically does not contain pineapple – the name comes from the rough top crust which resembles pineapple skin)
圣诞 聖誕 shèng dàn Christmas / birthday of reigning Emperor / Confucius' birthday
拜寿 拜壽 bài shòu congratulate an elderly person on his birthday / offer birthday felicitations syn
大寿 大壽 dà shòu (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday) syn
桃花 táo huā peach blossom / (fig.) love affair
桃子 táo zi peach syn
桃色 táo sè pink / peach color / illicit love / sexual syn
桃花源 táo huā yuán the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity / utopia
桃树 桃樹 táo shù peach tree / CL:株[zhu1]
桃仁 táo rén peach kernel, used in Chinese medicine
桃花扇 táo huā shàn The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren 孔尚任[Kong3 Shang4 ren4]
投桃报李 投桃報李 tóu táo bào lǐ toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. syn
桃太郎 táo tài láng Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale / (Tw) Japanese person
李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb syn
扁桃 biǎn táo almond tree / almond / flat peach syn
桃 táo peach syn
艳如桃李 艷如桃李 yàn rú táo lǐ lit. beautiful as peach and prune / fig. radiant beauty
孔尚任 kǒng shàng rèn Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇[Tao2 hua1 Shan4]
以李报桃 以李報桃 yǐ lǐ bào táo lit. give a plum in exchange for a peach / to return a favor (idiom)
桃园三结义 桃園三結義 táo yuán sān jié yì Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]
桃汛 táo xùn spring flood (at peach-blossom time)
桃花汛 táo huā xùn spring flood (at peach-blossom time)
猴子偷桃 hóu zi tōu táo "monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other / (coll.) grabbing sb by the balls
蜜桃臀 mì táo tún (coll.) peach butt / round, firm buttocks
有了 yǒu le I've got a solution! / to have a bun in the oven (abbr. for 有了胎[you3 le5 tai1]) syn
馒头 饅頭 mán tou steamed bun syn
包子 bāo zi baozi / bao (steamed stuffed bun) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn
发包 髮包 fà bāo bun hair extension
发髻 髮髻 fà jì hair worn in a bun or coil syn
饽饽 餑餑 bō bo pastry / steamed bun / cake syn
馍馍 饃饃 mó mo steamed bun syn
豆沙包 dòu shā bāo bean paste bun
肉夹馍 肉夾饃 ròu jiā mó lit. meat wedged in steamed bun / "Chinese burger" / sliced meat sandwich popular in north China
小面包 小麵包 xiǎo miàn bāo bread roll / bun
纂 zuǎn (literary) to compile / to edit / (coll.) (hairstyle) bun / chignon (as 纂兒|纂儿[zuan3r5]) / red silk ribbon / variant of 纘|缵[zuan3] syn
髻 jì hair rolled up in a bun, topknot syn
笄 jī 15 years old / hairpin for bun
鬏 jiū bun (of hair) syn
圆形面包 圓形麵包 yuán xíng miàn bāo bun
叉烧包 叉燒包 chā shāo bāo steamed bun stuffed with skewer-roasted pork
丫髻 yā jì bun (of hair) / topknot
奶酥 nǎi sū butter biscuit / butter bun
奶黄包 奶黃包 nǎi huáng bāo custard bun
芝麻包 zhī ma bāo sesame bun
莲蓉包 蓮蓉包 lián róng bāo lotus seed bun
豆蓉包 dòu róng bāo bean paste bun
银丝卷 銀絲捲 yín sī juǎn yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
馂馅 餕餡 jùn xiàn stuffing / forcemeat / filling, e.g. in a bun 包子[bao3 zi5] or ravioli 餃子|饺子[jiao3 zi5]
菜包子 cài bāo zi steamed bun stuffed with vegetables / (fig.) useless person / a good-for-nothing
生煎 shēng jiān shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
刈包 guà bāo popular Taiwan snack, similar to a hamburger, steamed bun stuffed with pork, pickled vegetables, peanut powder and cilantro
髺 kuò hair rolled up in a bun
脏脏包 髒髒包 zāng zāng bāo pastry bun filled with chocolate and covered with cocoa powder
肉包子打狗 ròu bāo zi dǎ gǒu lit. to fling a meat bun at a dog (idiom) / fig. to flush (one's money or efforts) down the toilet / to kiss sth goodbye
水煎包 shuǐ jiān bāo pan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable filling
总角 總角 zǒng jiǎo (literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head / (fig.) childhood syn
菠萝油 菠蘿油 bō luó yóu pineapple bun 菠蘿包|菠萝包[bo1luo2bao1] with a slice of butter inserted
生日 shēng rì birthday / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
生日快乐 生日快樂 shēng rì kuài lè Happy birthday
周岁 週歲 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
过生日 過生日 guò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday syn
千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific)
满月 滿月 mǎn yuè full moon / whole month / baby's one-month old birthday syn
一丝不挂 一絲不掛 yī sī bù guà not wearing one thread (idiom) / absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit syn
教师节 教師節 jiào shī jié Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)
诞辰 誕辰 dàn chén birthday syn
生日蛋糕 shēng rì dàn gāo birthday cake
生辰 shēng chén birthday syn
寿星 壽星 shòu xīng god of longevity / elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated syn
庆生 慶生 qìng shēng to celebrate a birthday
祝寿 祝壽 zhù shòu to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person) syn
华诞 華誕 huá dàn (formal) birthday / anniversary of the founding of an organization syn
寿辰 壽辰 shòu chén birthday (of an old person) syn
寿桃 壽桃 shòu táo (myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu / fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift
虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
寿礼 壽禮 shòu lǐ birthday present (for an old person)
生日卡 shēng rì kǎ birthday card
做生日 zuò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday syn
做寿 做壽 zuò shòu to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person) syn
抓周 zhuā zhōu custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.)
寿面 壽麵 shòu miàn birthday noodles (for longevity)
寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn
祝 zhù to pray for / to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc) / person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies syn
诞 誕 dàn birth / birthday / brag / boast / to increase
花朝月夕 huā zhāo yuè xī a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August syn
晬 zuì 1st birthday of a child
佛诞日 佛誕日 fó dàn rì Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)
及笄 jí jī to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)
周晬 zhōu zuì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) / same as 週歲|周岁[zhou1 sui4]
喜寿 喜壽 xǐ shòu 77th birthday (honorific, archaic or Japanese term)
寿堂 壽堂 shòu táng mourning hall / a hall for a birthday celebration
寿筵 壽筵 shòu yán birthday banquet
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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