櫻花

See also: 樱花 and 桜花

Chinese

		cherry	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (櫻花)		櫻	花
simp. (樱花)		樱	花
2nd round simp.		桜花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnghuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ faa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yîn-fâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): eng-hoe / eng-hoa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): êng¹ huê¹

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹in-ho₁ / ¹an-ho₁ / ¹in-hua₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnghuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinghua
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹-hua¹
    • Yale: yīng-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inghua
    • Palladius: инхуа (inxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing¹ faa¹
    • Yale: yīng fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: in^ˊ fa^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /in²⁴⁻¹¹ fa²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in^ˊ fa^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in²⁴⁻¹¹ fa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: ing-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: enghoef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³ hue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /eŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: ing-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: enghoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: êng¹ huê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: eng hue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eŋ³³⁻²³ hue³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹in-ho₁
    • MiniDict: in^平 ho^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in-ho₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ ho²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /in⁴⁴ ho/
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹an-ho₁
    • MiniDict: an^平 ho^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹an-ho₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ã⁵⁵ ho²¹/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹in-hua₁
    • MiniDict: in^平 hua^平
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /in³³ hua³⁴/

Noun

櫻花

1. cherry blossom; sakura

   • 忘掉我跟你恩怨　櫻花開了幾轉　東京之旅一早比一世遙遠 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     忘掉我跟你恩怨　樱花开了几转　东京之旅一早比一世遥远 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2006, 陳奕迅 (Eason Chan) (lyricist 林夕), 富士山下

     mong⁴ diu⁶ ngo⁵ gan¹ nei⁵ jan¹ jyun³, jing¹ faa¹ hoi¹ liu⁵ gei² zyun³, dung¹ ging¹ zi¹ leoi⁵ jat¹ zou² bei² jat¹ sai³ jiu⁴ jyun⁵ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
櫻	花
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 1

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

【桜花おうか】 [noun] a cherry blossom 【桜花さくらばな】 [noun] a cherry blossom

(This term, 櫻花, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)