曇花
Chinese
| dark clouds | flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (曇花) | 曇 | 花 | |
| simp. (昙花) | 昙 | 花 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): taam4 faa1 / taan4 faa1
- Hakka
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâm-hoa / thâm-hoe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tánhuā
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tánhua
- Wade–Giles: tʻan2-hua1
- Yale: tán-hwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnhua
- Palladius: таньхуа (tanʹxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰän³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: taam4 faa1 / taan4 faa1
- Yale: tàahm fā / tàahn fā
- Cantonese Pinyin: taam4 faa1 / taan4 faa1
- Guangdong Romanization: tam4 fa1 / tan4 fa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːm²¹ faː⁵⁵/, /tʰaːn²¹ faː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thàm-fâ
- Hakka Romanization System: tamˇ faˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tam2 fa1
- Sinological IPA: /tʰam¹¹ fa²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: tam faˋ
- Sinological IPA: /tʰam⁵⁵ fa⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm-hoa
- Tâi-lô: thâm-hua
- Phofsit Daibuun: tamhoaf
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm-hoe
- Tâi-lô: thâm-hue
- Phofsit Daibuun: tamhoef
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Noun
曇花
- Dutchman's pipe cactus; queen of the night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
- short for 優曇婆羅花／优昙婆罗花 (yōutánpóluó huā, “cluster fig (Ficus racemosa)”)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 曇花 (“Dutchman's pipe cactus; queen of the night”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 曇花 | |
| Taxonomic name | 曇花 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 曇花 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 曇花 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 曇花 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 曇花 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 曇花 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 曇花 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 瓊花 |
| Tainan | 瓊花 | |