蕊頭

Chinese

	stamen; pistil	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (蕊頭)	蕊	頭
simp. (蕊头)	蕊	头
alternative forms	扭頭／扭头鈕頭／钮头

Pronunciation

Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶gniu-deu₆ / ⁶ngeu-deu₀ / ⁶gnieu-deu₆

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gniu-deu₆
  - MiniDict: nyu^去 deu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyy-deu₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²² dɤ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ngeu-deu₀
  - MiniDict: ngeu^去 deu
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ŋøy²³ døy¹¹/
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnieu-deu₆
  - MiniDict: nyeu^去 deu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyieu-deu₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɤ²² dɤ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /n̠ʲʏ²³ døy¹¹/

Note: ⁶gnieu-deu₆ (Shanghainese) – irregular reading in Shanghainese, most likely introduced into urban Shanghainese through Suzhounese influence. Sometimes phonetically written as 扭頭 or 鈕頭.

Noun

蕊頭

(Wu) flower bud
- (Can we date this quote?), “金陵塔 [The Jinling Tower]”‎^[1] (traditional Tanhuang tune adapted from Wuxi Opera repertoire), performed by 袁一靈 [Yuan Yiling]:
  
  桃花末扭頭紅，楊柳條兒青。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
  桃花末扭头红，杨柳条儿青。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
  ⁶dau-ho₁-meq₈ ⁶gnieu-deu₆ ⁶ghon ⁶yan-lieu₆ ⁶diau-gher₆ ¹tshin [Wugniu]
  Peach blossoms grow crimson buds, willow branches shine a brilliant green.

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

Coordinate terms

花蕊頭／花蕊头