花蕾

Chinese

	flower	bud
trad. (花蕾)	花	蕾
simp. ^#(花蕾)	花	蕾
alternative forms	花藟 obsolete

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huālěi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄌㄟˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faa¹ leoi⁵ / faa¹ leoi⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fa¹ lui⁴
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fa¹ lui²
Northern Min (KCR): huá-lǒ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoe-lúi / hoa-lúi

(Teochew, Peng'im): huê¹ lui²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huālěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄌㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hualěi
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-lei³
  - Yale: hwā-lěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hualeei
  - Palladius: хуалэй (xualɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: Often mispronounced as huāléi, especially by speakers of Northern varieties of Mandarin.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ leoi⁵ / faa¹ leoi⁴
  - Yale: fā léuih / fā lèuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ loey⁵ / faa¹ loey⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ lêu⁵ / fa¹ lêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ lɵy̯¹³/, /faː⁵⁵ lɵy̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fa¹ lui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fa³³ lui²¹/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fa¹ lui²
  - Sinological IPA: /fa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ luɪ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huá-lǒ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xua⁵⁴ lo²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-lúi
  - Tâi-lô: hue-luí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoeluie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² lui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ lui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-lúi
  - Tâi-lô: hua-luí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaluie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² lui⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huê¹ lui²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hue lúi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue³³⁻²³ lui⁵²/

Noun

花蕾

flower bud

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 花蕾 (“flower bud”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蕾, 花蕾, 花芽, 蓓蕾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		花蕾, 蓓蕾
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	花骨朵兒
	Taiwan	花蕾
	Harbin	花骨朵兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	花骨朵
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	花骨朵兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	花骨朵兒
	Wanrong	花骨都
	Xi'an	花骨都兒
	Xining	花骨都
	Xuzhou	花骨朵, 花蕾
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	花苞, 花骨都
	Lanzhou	花骨都
	Ürümqi	花骨都
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	花骨朵兒, 花苞苞兒, 花苞苞
	Wuhan	花苞子, 苞子, 花朵子, 朵子
	Guiyang	花果果
	Liuzhou	花苞, 菇苞
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	花骨都, 花朵子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	花朵子, 朵子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	花冧
	Hong Kong	花冧
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	花蕾
	Macau	花冧
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	花冧
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	花冧
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	花冧
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	花蕾
	Foshan	花冧
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	花冧
	Foshan (Shunde)	花冧
	Foshan (Sanshui)	花冧
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	花蕾
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	花冧
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	花蕾
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	花蕾
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	花蕾
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	花蕾
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	花蕾
	Taishan	花蕾
	Kaiping (Chikan)	花蕾
	Enping (Niujiang)	花蕾
	Heshan (Yayao)	花冧
	Dongguan	花蕾
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	花蕾
	Nanning	花咕嘟
Gan	Nanchang	花苞
Gan	Pingxiang	花苞
Hakka	Meixian	花蕾
	Xingning	花蕾哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	花苞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	花苞, 花苞仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	花苞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	花苞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	花苞
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	花苞
Huizhou	Jixi	花蕊
Jin	Taiyuan	花骨都
Jin	Xinzhou	花兒骨朵兒, 骨朵兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	花蕾
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	花蕊
Eastern Min	Fuqing	花蕊
Southern Min	Xiamen	花莓
	Quanzhou	花莓
	Jinjiang	花莓
	Zhangzhou	花莓
	Taipei	花莓
	Shantou	花蕾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	花骨朵
Wu	Shanghai	蕊頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	花蕊頭
	Suzhou	花紐頭
	Danyang	花苞苞, 苞苞
	Hangzhou	蘌頭
	Ningbo	花蕊頭, 蕊頭
	Wenzhou	蕊
Xiang	Changsha	花苞子
Xiang	Loudi	花苞子