棉花

Chinese edit

		cotton	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (棉花)		棉	花
simp. ^#(棉花)		棉	花

Wikipedia has articles on:

棉花 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
棉花 (Cantonese)
Mièng-huă (Eastern Min)
Mî-hoe (Southern Min)
棉花 (Wu)

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): miánhuā, miánhua

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ, ㄇㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mian² hua¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴ faa¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mièn-fâ

(Meixian, Guangdong): miên² fa¹
Jin (Wiktionary): mie¹ hua¹
Eastern Min (BUC): mièng-huă
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mî-hoe / mî-hoa
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶mi-ho

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miánhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miánhua
  - Wade–Giles: mien²-hua¹
  - Yale: myán-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianhua
  - Palladius: мяньхуа (mjanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miánhua
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miánhuå
  - Wade–Giles: mien²-hua⁵
  - Yale: myán-hwa
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mian.hua
  - Palladius: мяньхуа (mjanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä³/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mian² hua¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mianxua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɛn²¹ xua⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁴ faa¹
  - Yale: mìhn fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁴ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹ faː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mièn-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: mienˇ fa´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mian² fa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mi̯en¹¹ fa²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: miên² fa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /miɛn¹¹ fa⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mie¹ hua¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mie¹¹ xua¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mièng-huă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mieŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ŋua⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: mî-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mi'hoef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: mî-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mi'hoaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶mi-ho
  - MiniDict: mi^去 ho
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-ho
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² ho⁴⁴/

Noun edit

棉花

cotton
彈棉花／弹棉花 ― tán miánhuā ― to fluff cotton

Synonyms edit

棉 (mián)

Derived terms edit

棉花坪 (Miánhuāpíng)
棉花糖 (miánhuātáng)
棉花車子／棉花车子
棉花雞／棉花鸡 (miánhuājī)

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (棉花):

→ Japanese: 綿(めん)花(か) (menka)
→ Korean: 면화(棉花) (myeonhwa)

Others:

→ Guiqiong: mɐ̃χɐ

Proper noun edit

棉花

(～嶼) Mianhua Islet (an islet in Zhongzheng district, Keelung, Taiwan)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
棉	花
めん Hyōgaiji	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun edit

棉(めん)花(か) • (menka)

Alternative spelling of 綿花: raw cotton, cotton on the bush, a cotton flower

Usage notes edit

Appears to be less common than the 綿花 spelling.

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
棉	花

Noun edit

棉花 • (myeonhwa) (hangeul 면화)

Hanja form^? of 면화 (“cotton”).