插花

Chinese

		insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (插花)		插	花
simp. #(插花)		插	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caap³ faa¹
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cah⁴ huê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chahua
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-hua¹
    • Yale: chā-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahua
    • Palladius: чахуа (čaxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caap³ faa¹
    • Yale: chaap fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap⁸ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cab³ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːp̚³ faː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhah-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: tshah-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhahhoef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)⁵ hue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhah-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: tshah-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhahhoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hua⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cah⁴ huê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshah hue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaʔ²⁻⁴ hue³³/

Verb

插⫽花 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to arrange flowers
2. to mix together; to mingle
3. (regional) to embroider; to do embroidery
4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, soccer) to perform a step over

Synonyms

• (to embroider):

• 刺繡／刺绣 (cìxiù)
• 刺花 (Hokkien)
• 繡花／绣花 (xiùhuā)

 

Noun

插花

1. flower arrangement; ikebana
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) sacrificial offering for one's kin one month or 49 days after death

Synonyms

• (flower arrangement): 花道 (huādào)