名花有主

Chinese

		famous flower; beautiful flower; famed beauty famous flower; beautiful flower; famed beauty; belle	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
trad. (名花有主)		名花	有	主
simp. #(名花有主)		名花	有	主
Literally: “the famous flower has already got a host”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínghuāyǒuzhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ faa¹ jau⁵ zyu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínghuāyǒuzhǔ [Phonetic: mínghuāyóuzhǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínghuayǒujhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-hua¹-yu³-chu³
    • Yale: míng-hwā-yǒu-jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minghuayeoujuu
    • Palladius: минхуаючжу (minxuajučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ faa¹ jau⁵ zyu²
    • Yale: mìhng fā yáuh jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ faa¹ jau⁵ dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ fa¹ yeo⁵ ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ faː⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ t͡syː³⁵/

Idiom

名花有主

1. the famed beauty has been spoken for; (of a girl, or something precious) to be taken

See also

• Thai: ดอกไม้งามย่อมมีเจ้าของ / ดอกไม้งามมักมีเจ้าของ
• Vietnamese: hoa có chủ / hoa đã có chủ / hoa đã có chậu