石花

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (石花)		石	花
simp. ^#(石花)		石	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ faa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio̍h-hoe / chio̍h-hoa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhhua
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-hua¹
  - Yale: shŕ-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrhua
  - Palladius: шихуа (šixua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sek⁶ faa¹
  - Yale: sehk fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² faː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqhoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqhoaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/

Note: umutgasari.

Noun

石花

flower-like condensate of stalactite water in the form of calcium carbonate
a type of tea grown in Sichuan
a kind of coral
(Korean Classical Chinese) oyster
umutgasari; Gelidium amansii (a species of red algae used to make agar)

Synonyms

(umutgasari): 石花菜 (shíhuācài); (Hokkien) 石花凍／石花冻, 石花膏

Proper noun

石花

(～鎮) Shihua (a town in Gucheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
石	花
せき > せっ Grade: 1	か Grade: 1
kan'on

Noun

石(せっ)花(か) • (sekka) ^{←せきくゎ (sekikwa)^?}

a shellfish, particularly an oyster

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
石	花
せい
Grade: 1	Grade: 1
irregular

Noun

石花(せい) • (sei)

(archaic) synonym of 亀の手 (kame no te, “Japanese goose barnacle, Capitulum mitella”)