櫻花

See also: 樱花 and 桜花

Chinese

	cherry	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (櫻花)	櫻	花
simp. (樱花)	樱	花
2nd round simp.	桜花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnghuā

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ faa¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yîn-fâ

(Hailu, HRS): rhin^ˋ fa^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ing¹ hua¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): eng-hoe / eng-hoa

(Teochew, Peng'im): êng¹ huê¹
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹in-ho₁ / ¹an-ho₁ / ¹in-hua₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnghuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinghua
  - Wade–Giles: ying¹-hua¹
  - Yale: yīng-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inghua
  - Palladius: инхуа (inxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing¹ faa¹
  - Yale: yīng fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: in^ˊ fa^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /in²⁴⁻¹¹ fa²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)in^ˊ fa^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)in²⁴⁻¹¹ fa²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhin^ˋ fa^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒin⁵³ fa⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ing¹ hua¹ [Phonetic: ing⁵ ngua¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ing-hua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(h-)ŋua⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ing¹ hua¹ [Phonetic: ing⁵ ngua¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(h-)ŋua⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: ing-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: enghoef
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³ hue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /eŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: ing-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: enghoaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: êng¹ huê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: eng hue
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /eŋ³³⁻²³ hue³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹in-ho₁
  - MiniDict: in^平 ho^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in-ho₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ ho²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /in⁴⁴ ho/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹an-ho₁
  - MiniDict: an^平 ho^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹an-ho₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ã⁵⁵ ho²¹/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹in-hua₁
  - MiniDict: in^平 hua^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /in³³ hua³⁴/

Noun

櫻花

cherry blossom; sakura
- 2006, “富士山下”, in 林夕 (lyrics), What's Going On...?‎^[1], performed by 陳奕迅 [Eason Chan]:
  
  忘掉我跟你恩怨　櫻花開了幾轉　東京之旅一早比一世遙遠 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  忘掉我跟你恩怨　樱花开了几转　东京之旅一早比一世遥远 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  mong⁴ diu⁶ ngo⁵ gan¹ nei⁵ jan¹ jyun³, jing¹ faa¹ hoi¹ liu⁵ gei² zyun³, dung¹ ging¹ zi¹ leoi⁵ jat¹ zou² bei² jat¹ sai³ jiu⁴ jyun⁵ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
櫻	花
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 櫻花 – see the following entry.

【桜花おうか】	[noun] a cherry blossom
【桜花さくらばな】	[noun] a cherry blossom

(This term, 櫻花, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)