花兒

花兒

1. Diminutive of 花 (huā, “flower”).
   • 1944, 金玉谷, “夜來香”, performed by 李香蘭:

     月下的花兒都入夢　只有那夜來香吐露著芬芳 [MSC, trad.]
     月下的花儿都入梦　只有那夜来香吐露着芬芳 [MSC, simp.]

     Yuè xià dì huā'ér dōu rù mèng, zhǐ yǒu nà yèláixiāng tǔlù zhe fēnfāng [Pinyin]

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   • 2001, 韩红, “那片海”, performed by 韩红:

     你看那花儿都谢了　你看那海儿都哭了 [MSC, simp.]
     你看那花兒都謝了　你看那海兒都哭了 [MSC, trad.]

     Nǐ kàn nà huā'ér dōu xiè le, nǐ kàn nà hǎi'ér dōu kū le [Pinyin]

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   • 2005, “寂寞沙洲冷”, performed by 周傳雄:

     有花兒伴著蝴蝶　孤雁可以雙飛 [MSC, trad.]
     有花儿伴着蝴蝶　孤雁可以双飞 [MSC, simp.]

     Yǒu huā'ér bàn zhe húdié, gūyàn kěyǐ shuāngfēi [Pinyin]

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   • (Can we date this quote?), “風車 [fēngchē]”, 鄭櫻綸 [England Cheng] (lyrics), performed by 佘詩曼 [Charmaine Sheh]:

     求豐收　雨點降下　花兒別怕 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     求丰收　雨点降下　花儿别怕 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     kau⁴ fung¹ sau¹, jyu⁵ dim² gong³ haa⁶, faa¹ ji⁴ bit⁶ paa³ [Jyutping]

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   1. (Mandarin, Jin) Erhua form of 花 (huā, “flower”).
      • 2006, “桃花朵朵開”, 阿牛, 友弟 (lyrics), performed by 阿牛:

        哎喲哎喲　你比花兒還美妙　叫我忘不了 [MSC, trad.]
        哎哟哎哟　你比花儿还美妙　叫我忘不了 [MSC, simp.]

        Āiyō āiyō, nǐ bǐ huār hái měimiào, jiào wǒ wàng bù liǎo [Pinyin]

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2. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 花 (huā, “pattern”).
3. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 花 (huā, “smallpox”).

• (flower):

花兒

1. a style of folk song popular in northwest China, including the provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, and Ningxia (Classifier: 首)

   Hypernym: 山歌 (shāngē)