瓊花
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Chinese
| (red stone); beautiful | flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (瓊花) | 瓊 | 花 | |
| simp. (琼花) | 琼 | 花 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cyónghua
- Wade–Giles: chʻiung2-hua1
- Yale: chyúng-hwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyonghua
- Palladius: цюнхуа (cjunxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: king4 faa1
- Yale: kìhng fā
- Cantonese Pinyin: king4 faa1
- Guangdong Romanization: king4 fa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ faː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
瓊花
- Chinese snowball viburnum (Viburnum macrocephalum f. keteleeri)
- princess of the night; queen of the night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
Synonyms
- (princess of the night):
Dialectal synonyms of 曇花 (“Dutchman's pipe cactus; queen of the night”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 曇花 | |
| Taxonomic name | 曇花 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 曇花 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 曇花 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 曇花 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 曇花 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 曇花 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 曇花 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 瓊花 |
| Tainan | 瓊花 | |