桃园

桃園

táoyuán

noun #45,583

Meanings

1 peach orchard
2 Taoyuan, city in northern Taiwan

Characters

garden; orchard

Examples

HSK 5

山脚下有一片桃园，春天开满了桃花。

Shānjiǎo xià yǒu yí piàn táoyuán, chūntiān kāimǎn le táohuā.

At the foot of the hill there is a peach orchard that is full of blossom in spring.

HSK 7-9

台湾最大的机场就在桃园。

Táiwān zuì dà de jīchǎng jiù zài Táoyuán.

Taiwan's biggest airport is in Taoyuan.

Tips

culture

The most famous 桃园 is in the first chapter of 《三国演义》: 刘备, 关羽 and 张飞 swear to be brothers in a peach orchard, the 桃园结义 (Oath of the Peach Garden). The phrase now stands for any pact of sworn brotherhood.

Stroke Order

桃 táo

园 yuán