The word 桃子 (táozi), meaning "peach", is a compound formed through a common Chinese morphological process where the core meaning-bearing morpheme 桃 (táo), which denotes the peach tree or its fruit, is combined with the nominal suffix 子 (zi). This suffix 子, often pronounced in the neutral tone, frequently attaches to single-character nouns to form a standard, disyllabic word without substantially altering the core meaning; in this case, it transforms the concept of "peach" into a more colloquial, concrete, and commonly used noun for the fruit itself.