花車

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (花車)		花	車
simp. (花车)		花	车

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāchē

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄔㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ ce¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-chhia

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāchē
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄔㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huache
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-chʻê¹
  - Yale: hwā-chē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huache
  - Palladius: хуачэ (xuačɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ ce¹
  - Yale: fā chē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ tse¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ cé¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-chhia
  - Tâi-lô: hue-tshia
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoechiaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ t͡sʰia³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

Noun

花車

festooned vehicle

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
花	車
きゃ Grade: 1	しゃ Grade: 1
irregular	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 花車 – see the following entry.

【華奢きゃしゃ】

[adjective] delicate, slender, dainty

[adjective] fragile, frail

(This term, 花車, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
花	車
だ Grade: 1	し Grade: 1
irregular

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For pronunciation and definitions of 花車 – see the following entry: 山車

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