春仔花
Chinese
spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life |
minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility |
flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (春仔花) | 春 | 仔 | 花 | |
| simp. #(春仔花) | 春 | 仔 | 花 | |
Pronunciation
- Northern Min (KCR): ché̤ng-ciě-huá
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-á-hoe / chhun-á-hoa
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ché̤ng-ciě-huá
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴ t͡siɛ²¹ xua⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-á-hoe
- Tâi-lô: tshun-á-hue
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhun'afhoef
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-á-hoa
- Tâi-lô: tshun-á-hua
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhun'afhoaf
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Note:
- Zhangzhou:
- chhun-仔-hoe - “small flower”.
Noun
春仔花
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) China rose (Rosa chinensis)
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) small flower, especially made of red silk, inserted in a woman's hair bun during joyous occasions (used to express joy and good fortune)
- (Northern Min) azalea
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 月季 (“China rose”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 月季, 月季花, 月月紅 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 月季 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 月季花兒, 月季 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 月季花兒 |
| Wanrong | 月季花 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 月菊花兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 月月開, 月月紅, 月季, 月季花 |
| Guiyang | 四季花, 月月紅 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 月季, 月季花, 月月紅 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 月月紅, 月季花 |
| Dongguan | 月季 | |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 月月紅 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 月季花 |
| Yudu | 月月紅 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 月季花 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 月季 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 月月紅, 春仔花, 寶相, 日日春 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 綢春 | |
| Zhangzhou | 日日春 | |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 月季花 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 月季花 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 月季花 |
| Suzhou | 月季 | |
| Ningbo | 月季 | |
| Wenzhou | 月月紅 | |