花名

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (花名)		花	名
simp. #(花名)		花	名
anagram		名花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ meng^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fâ-miàng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huamíng
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-ming²
    • Yale: hwā-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huaming
    • Palladius: хуамин (xuamin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ meng^4-2
    • Yale: fā méng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ meng^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ méng^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ mɛːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-miàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fa´ miangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ miang²
    • Sinological IPA: /fa²⁴ mi̯aŋ¹¹/

Noun

花名

1. (literally) name of a flower
2. (historical) name on one's household register
3. pseudonym of a prostitute
4. (colloquial) pseudonym; nickname; unofficial name

   啲學生好中意改老師花名。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   啲学生好中意改老师花名。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   di¹ hok⁶ saang¹ hou² zung¹ ji³ goi² lou⁵ si¹ faa¹ meng^4-2. [Jyutping]

   The students like to make nicknames for their teachers.

Synonyms

• 偏名 (Hokkien, Hakka)
• 別名／别名 (biémíng)
• 別字／别字 (biézì) (dated)
• 別號／别号 (biéhào) (dated)
• 外號／外号 (wàihào)
• 渾名／浑名 (húnmíng)
• 綽號／绰号 (chuòhào)
• 諢名／诨名 (hùnmíng)
• 諢號／诨号 (hùnhào)
• 體號／体号 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 花名冊／花名册 (huāmíngcè)

 

See also

• 化名 (huàmíng)