花牌

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
trad. (花牌)		花	牌
simp. ^#(花牌)		花	牌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāpái

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄆㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ paai^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāpái
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄆㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huapái
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-pʻai²
  - Yale: hwā-pái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huapair
  - Palladius: хуапай (xuapaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ paai^4-2
  - Yale: fā páai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ paai^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ pai^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ pʰaːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

花牌

flower stand (usually for shop grand openings or funerals)
(mahjong) flower tile
(games) karuta (a Japanese card game)

Hyponyms

(mahjong): 梅 (méi), 蘭 / 兰 (lán), 菊 (jú), 竹 (zhú), 春 (chūn), 夏 (xià), 秋 (qiū), 冬 (dōng)

Descendants

→ Japanese: 花牌 (fapai)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	牌
ファ Grade: 1	パイ Hyōgai
irregular

Kanji in this term
花	牌
はな Grade: 1	はい Hyōgai
yutōyomi

Etymology

From Mandarin 花牌 (huāpái).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɸa̠pa̠i]

IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠ha̠i]

Noun

花(ファ)牌(パイ) or 花(はな)牌(はい) • (fapai or hanahai)

(mahjong) flower tile (included in mahjong sets, but not used in Japanese mahjong gameplay)