花枝
Chinese
flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern |
branch; (a measure word) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (花枝) | 花 | 枝 | |
| simp. #(花枝) | 花 | 枝 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huāzhī
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huajhih
- Wade–Giles: hua1-chih1
- Yale: hwā-jr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajy
- Palladius: хуачжи (xuačži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huāzhīr
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huajhihr
- Wade–Giles: hua1-chih1-ʼrh
- Yale: hwā-jīr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajel
- Palladius: хуачжир (xuačžir)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: faa1 zi1
- Yale: fā jī
- Cantonese Pinyin: faa1 dzi1
- Guangdong Romanization: fa1 ji1
- Sinological IPA (key): /faː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-ki
- Tâi-lô: hue-ki
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'ky
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ ki³³/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-ki
- Tâi-lô: hua-ki
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'ky
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
Noun
花枝
- (literary) flowering branch; spray
- (figuratively) beautiful woman
- (informal) peduncle or pedicel (of an inflorescence or flower)
- cuttlefish (especially as a dish)
Synonyms
- (flowering branch): 花莖／花茎 (huājīng), 花稈／花秆 (huāgǎn), 花薹
- (peduncle or pedicel): 花梗 (huāgěng), 花柄 (huābǐng), 花莛 (huātíng), 花薹; (informal) 花莖／花茎 (huājīng), 花稈／花秆 (huāgǎn)
Dialectal synonyms of 烏賊 (“cuttlefish”) [map]
Derived terms
- 花枝兒 / 花枝儿
- 花枝招展 (huāzhīzhāozhǎn)
- 花枝招顫 / 花枝招颤
- 花枝招颭 / 花枝招飐