國花

Chinese

		country; state; nation	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (國花)		國	花
simp. (国花)		国	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guóhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ faa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guóhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guóhua
  - Wade–Giles: kuo²-hua¹
  - Yale: gwó-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwohua
  - Palladius: гохуа (goxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guóhuār
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guóhuar
  - Wade–Giles: kuo²-hua¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: gwó-hwār
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwohual
  - Palladius: гохуар (goxuar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwok³ faa¹
  - Yale: gwok fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guog³ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ faː⁵⁵/

Noun

國花

national flower
- 碧草春風筵席罷，何人道有國花存？ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  碧草春风筵席罢，何人道有国花存？ [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 李夢陽(1473–1530) (Li Mengyang),《牡丹盛開羣友來看》
  Bìcǎo chūnfēng yánxí bà, hérén dào yǒu guóhuā cún? [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (國花):

→ Japanese: 国花(こっか) (kokka)
→ Korean: 국화(國花) (gukhwa)
→ Vietnamese: quốc hoa (國花)