探花
Chinese
to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit |
flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (探花) | 探 | 花 | |
| simp. #(探花) | 探 | 花 | |
| Literally: “flower snatcher”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tànhuā
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tànhua
- Wade–Giles: tʻan4-hua1
- Yale: tàn-hwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannhua
- Palladius: таньхуа (tanʹxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰän⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: taam3 faa1
- Yale: taam fā
- Cantonese Pinyin: taam3 faa1
- Guangdong Romanization: tam3 fa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːm³³ faː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Longyan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-hoe
- Tâi-lô: thàm-hue
- Phofsit Daibuun: tarmhoef
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ hue⁴⁴/
- IPA (Longyan): /tʰam²¹³⁻²¹ hue³³⁴/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-hoa
- Tâi-lô: thàm-hua
- Phofsit Daibuun: tarmhoaf
- IPA (Philippines): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hua³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Longyan)
Noun
探花
- (historical) tanhua; person who came third in the palace examination of the imperial examination system, below zhuangyuan and bangyan
- (Philippine Hokkien, dice games) a dice roll of either, three of a kind (with two sets of three dice of the same face, except four) or straight (with all die faces in sequence) in a Mooncake Festival Dice Game
Verb
探花
- (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
Derived terms
- 探花使
References
- 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “探花”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 274.