雙飛

Chinese

		two; double; pair two; double; pair; both	to fly
trad. (雙飛)		雙	飛
simp. (双飞)		双	飞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuāngfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ fei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuāngfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤㄈㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuangfei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ fei¹
  - Yale: sēung fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ féi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/

Verb

雙飛

(of male and female birds) to fly in pairs
雙飛燕 / 双飞燕 ― shuāngfēi yàn ― a pair of flying swallows (of both sexes)
to fly to (a destination) and back, especially for travel
雙飛游 / 双飞游 ― shuāngfēi yóu ― tour package that includes round-trip flights

雙飛雲南 / 双飞云南 ― shuāngfēi Yúnnán ― to fly to Yunnan and back
(slang) to have a threesome that involves one male and two females

Derived terms

橫雙飛／横双飞
比翼雙飛／比翼双飞

雙宿雙飛／双宿双飞 (shuāngsùshuāngfēi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雙飛):

→ Korean: 쌍비 (雙飛, ssangbi)
→ Vietnamese: song phi (雙飛)

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