掛花

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (掛花)		掛	花
simp. (挂花)		挂	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàhua
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴-hua¹
    • Yale: gwà-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahhua
    • Palladius: гуахуа (guaxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/

Verb

掛花

1. (literary) to blossom; to bloom; to flower
2. (literary, euphemistic) to be wounded (and suffering from bleeding) in action

Synonyms

• (to blossom): 開花／开花 (kāihuā); (Hakka, Xiang) 打花
• (to be wounded):

• 受傷／受伤 (shòushāng)
• 掛彩／挂彩 (guàcǎi) (euphemistic)
• 著傷／着伤 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 負傷／负伤 (fùshāng)