花見
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See also: 花见
Chinese
flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern |
to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (花見) | 花 | 見 | |
| simp. (花见) | 花 | 见 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 花見 (hanami).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huajiàn
- Wade–Giles: hua1-chien4
- Yale: hwā-jyàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajiann
- Palladius: хуацзянь (xuaczjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- Homophones:
花劍／花剑
花見／花见
- (Standard Chinese)
Verb
花見
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 花 | 見 |
| はな Grade: 1 |
み Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) + 見 (mi, “seeing, viewing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- flower viewing: more specifically, involves large groups of people picnicking in parks when the sakura (cherry blossoms) are in bloom in the spring
Derived terms
- 花見客 (hanamikyaku)
Descendants
- English: hanami
See also
Hanami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - List of festivals in Japan on Wiktionary
- List of festivals in Japan on Wikipedia
- 月見 (tsukimi): The Moon-Viewing festival.
- 紅葉狩 (momijigari): The Leaf-Viewing festival.
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN