花招

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	provoke; to recruit
trad. (花招)		花	招
simp. ^#(花招)		花	招
alternative forms		花著／花着

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāzhāo

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄓㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ ziu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoa-chiau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāzhāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄓㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huajhao
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-chao¹
  - Yale: hwā-jāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajau
  - Palladius: хуачжао (xuačžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāzhāor
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄓㄠㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huajhaor
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-chao¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: hwā-jāur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajaul
  - Palladius: хуачжаор (xuačžaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: faa¹ ziu¹
  - Yale: fā jīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ dziu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ jiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    花招
    花椒
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-chiau
  - Tâi-lô: hua-tsiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaciaw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hua³³ t͡siau³³/

Noun

花招

showy movement in wushu; flourish
(figurative) trick; game

Synonyms

(trick): 把戲／把戏 (bǎxì), (Min Nan) 氣祟／气祟, (Hokkien) 鬼祟, (Min Nan) 鬼壘鬼祟／鬼垒鬼祟

Derived terms

玩花招
耍花招 (shuǎ huāzhāo)
花招百出
鬼花招