花和尚

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Chinese

 
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
preceptor; high priest; head monk
preceptor; high priest; head monk; any Buddhist monk
trad. (花和尚/花和尙) 花 和尚/和尙
simp. (花和尚) 花 和尚

Pronunciation

Noun

花和尚

  1. (Buddhism) monk who does not follow Buddhist commandments
  2. (Nanjing Mandarin) ladybird; ladybug

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瓢蟲 (“ladybird, ladybug”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 瓢蟲
Mandarin Harbin 花大姐
Yantai (Muping) 花大姐
Jinan 花大姐
Wanrong 花花媳婦
Xi'an 花裹肚兒
Ürümqi 花媳婦兒, 花大姐
Wuhan 花殼子蟲, 殼子蟲
Chengdu 瓢蟲, 花姑娘兒
Guiyang 花姑娘
Liuzhou 瓢蟲
Yangzhou 瓢蟲, 花烏龜
Nanjing 花和尚
Cantonese Dongguan 花姑娘
Hakka Meixian 花蘿蟲
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 花蛄仔
Jin Taiyuan 花大姐
Xinzhou 花媳婦兒
Southern Min Xiamen 烏龜仔
Quanzhou 烏龜仔
Zhangzhou 烏龜仔
Tainan 珠仔龜 GT
Chaozhou 紅先生
Jieyang 紅先生
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 瓢蟲
Wu Suzhou 花姑娘
Danyang 花姑娘
Hangzhou 瓢瓢蟲兒
Ningbo 瓢蟲
Jinhua 花烏龜兒, 硬殼蟲
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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