煙花
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煙花／烟花 (yānhuā, “fireworks”)
See also: 烟花
Chinese
| cigarette; tobacco; smoke | flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (煙花) | 煙 | 花 | |
| simp. (烟花) | 烟 | 花 | |
| Literally: “flowers in smoke”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yanhua
- Wade–Giles: yen1-hua1
- Yale: yān-hwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianhua
- Palladius: яньхуа (janʹxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jin1 faa1
- Yale: yīn fā
- Cantonese Pinyin: jin1 faa1
- Guangdong Romanization: yin1 fa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-hoe
- Tâi-lô: ian-hue
- Phofsit Daibuun: ienhoef
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³ hue³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ing1 huê1 / êng1 huê1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ing hue / eng hue
- Sinological IPA (key): /iŋ³³⁻²³ hue³³/, /eŋ³³⁻²³ hue³³/
- Wu
Noun
煙花
- (figuratively) gorgeous spring scene
- (historical, obsolete, figuratively) place where a female prostitute or performer lives
- fireworks
- (Mainland China Mandarin, Internet slang, figurative) semen (Used in 放煙花／放烟花 (“to ejaculate; to eject semen”).)
Synonyms
- (fireworks):
Dialectal synonyms of 焰火 (“fireworks”)
Proper noun
煙花