大麗花

See also: 大丽花

Chinese

		phonetic (lit. big beautiful)	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (大麗花)		大麗	花
simp. (大丽花)		大丽	花

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English dahlia + 花 (huā, “flower”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàlìhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ lai⁶ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàlìhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàlìhua
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-li⁴-hua¹
    • Yale: dà-lì-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahlihhua
    • Palladius: далихуа (dalixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ lai⁶ faa¹
    • Yale: daaih laih fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ lai⁶ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lei⁶ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lɐi̯²² faː⁵⁵/

Noun

大麗花

1. dahlia

Synonyms

• 大理花 (dàlǐhuā)
• 天竺牡丹 (tiānzhú mǔdān)