花瓶
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Chinese
flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern |
bottle; (a measure word); vase bottle; (a measure word); vase; pitcher | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (花瓶) | 花 | 瓶 | |
| simp. #(花瓶) | 花 | 瓶 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): faa1 ping4
- Gan (Wiktionary): fa1 pin2
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fa1 piang2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1ho-bin
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huapíng
- Wade–Giles: hua1-pʻing2
- Yale: hwā-píng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huapyng
- Palladius: хуапин (xuapin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (花瓶兒／花瓶儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄆㄧㄥˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huapíngr
- Wade–Giles: hua1-pʻing2-ʼrh
- Yale: hwā-píngr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huapyengl
- Palladius: хуапинр (xuapinr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ pʰiɤ̯̃ɻ³⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуапин (huapin, I-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xua²⁴ pʰiŋ²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: faa1 ping4
- Yale: fā pìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: faa1 ping4
- Guangdong Romanization: fa1 ping4
- Sinological IPA (key): /faː⁵⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: fa1 pin2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fa⁴² pʰin²⁴/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-pân
- Tâi-lô: hua-pân
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'paan
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² pan¹³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: huê1 bang5 / huê1 ping5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hue pâng / hue phîng
- Sinological IPA (key): /hue³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵⁵/, /hue³³⁻²³ pʰiŋ⁵⁵/
- Wu
Noun
花瓶
- vase
- (figurative, derogatory) any similarly attractive but useless thing, something "purely decorative"
- (figurative, derogatory) "pretty face": a person who is pretty but otherwise useless, particularly (drama) a young and attractive but untalented actress
Synonyms
- (vase):
Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
花瓶
- (～嶼) Huaping Islet, a pinnacle in the East China Sea administered by Zhongzheng, Keelung, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 花 | 瓶 |
| か Grade: 1 |
びん Grade: S |
| kan'on | tōon |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 花甁 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 花 (MC xwae) and 瓶 (bin, “jar”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (flower) vase
Usage notes
Most common reading.
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 花 | 瓶 |
| か Grade: 1 |
へい Grade: S |
| kan'on | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 花甁 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 花瓶 (MC xwae beng), using kan'on for the reading of 瓶.
Pronunciation
Noun
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 花 | 瓶 |
| はな Grade: 1 |
かめ > がめ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 花甁 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) + 瓶 (kame, “earthenware pot”). The kame changes to game as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (flower) vase