光華

See also: 光华

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
trad. (光華)		光	華
simp. (光华)		光	华

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guānghuá

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤㄏㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ waa⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kông-fà
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-hôa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guānghuá
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤㄏㄨㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guanghuá
  - Wade–Giles: kuang¹-hua²
  - Yale: gwāng-hwá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanghwa
  - Palladius: гуанхуа (guanxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong¹ waa⁴
  - Yale: gwōng wàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ waa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ wa⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ waː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-fà
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˊ fa^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ fa²
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴ fa¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-hôa
  - Tâi-lô: kong-huâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: konghoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²³/

Noun

光華

brilliance; splendor

Synonyms

光耀 (guāngyào)
光輝 / 光辉 (guānghuī)
菁華 / 菁华 (jīnghuá) (literary)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (光華):

→ Japanese: 光(こう)華(か) (kōka)
→ Korean: 광화(光華) (gwanghwa)
→ Vietnamese: quang hoa (光華)