棉花
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Chinese
| cotton | flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (棉花) | 棉 | 花 | |
| simp. #(棉花) | 棉 | 花 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mian2 hua1
- Cantonese (Jyutping): min4 faa1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): mie1 hua1
- Eastern Min (BUC): mièng-huă
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mî-hoe / mî-hoa
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6mi-ho
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: miánhua
- Wade–Giles: mien2-hua1
- Yale: myán-hwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianhua
- Palladius: мяньхуа (mjanʹxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: miánhuå
- Wade–Giles: mien2-hua5
- Yale: myán-hwa
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mian.hua
- Palladius: мяньхуа (mjanʹxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä³/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: mian2 hua1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mianxua
- Sinological IPA (key): /miɛn²¹ xua⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: min4 faa1
- Yale: mìhn fā
- Cantonese Pinyin: min4 faa1
- Guangdong Romanization: min4 fa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /miːn²¹ faː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mièn-fâ
- Hakka Romanization System: mienˇ fa´
- Hagfa Pinyim: mian2 fa1
- Sinological IPA: /mi̯en¹¹ fa²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: mie1 hua1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /mie¹¹ xua¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mièng-huă
- Sinological IPA (key): /mieŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ (h-)ŋua⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Noun
棉花
Synonyms
- 棉 (mián)
Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
- → Guiqiong: mɐ̃χɐ
Proper noun
棉花
- (～嶼) Mianhua Islet (an islet in Zhongzheng district, Keelung, Taiwan)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 棉 | 花 |
| めん Hyōgaiji |
か Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
Usage notes
Appears to be less common than the 綿花 spelling.
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 棉 | 花 |