米花
Chinese
| rice; metre | flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (米花) | 米 | 花 | |
| simp. #(米花) | 米 | 花 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mai5 faa1
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi3 hua1
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6mi-ho
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mǐhuā
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǐhua
- Wade–Giles: mi3-hua1
- Yale: mǐ-hwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miihua
- Palladius: михуа (mixua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mai5 faa1
- Yale: máih fā
- Cantonese Pinyin: mai5 faa1
- Guangdong Romanization: mei5 fa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐi̯¹³ faː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Puxian Min
- Wu
Noun
米花
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 爆米花 (“puffed rice”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 爆米花, 米花 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 米花兒 |
| Taiwan | 爆米花 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 爆穀, 米通 |
| Hong Kong | 米通 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 凍米 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 米𥺆仔 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 米𥺆, 米冇仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 米𥺆 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 米𥺆 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 米冇 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 米𥺆 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 米𥺆, 磅米香 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 崩米花兒, 爆米花兒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 炒米花, 炒米 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 米芳 |
| Quanzhou | 米芳 | |
| Zhangzhou | 米芳 | |
| Tainan | 米芳 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 米芳 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 炒米花 |
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 炒米花 | |
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 炒米花 | |
| Xianyou | 炒米花, 米花 | |
| Xianyou (Fengting) | 米花 | |
| Xianyou (Youyang) | 米花 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 炒米花 |
| Danyang | 炒米 | |
| Hangzhou | 炒米胮, 冬米胮 | |
| Ningbo | 冬米胖, 冬米大胖, 冬米大王, 米胖 | |
| Wenzhou | 炒米花 | |
Derived terms
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “米花”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 38.
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “1340 爆米花（大米在高温高压下膨胀而成）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 423.