蟠桃

Mandarin · pinyin pán táo

Meanings

  1. flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach)
  2. the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母
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蟠
pán · coil; coiling, curling; occupy
桃
táo · peach; marriage; surname
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2–2 · pan2 tao2

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noun

  1. flat peach (Prunus persica subsp. platycarpa)
  2. (Chinese mythology) peach of immortality

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蟠桃 · pan2 tao2
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Exact source record蟠桃 蟠桃 [pan2 tao2] /flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach)/the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母/