棉花

Chinese

		cotton	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (棉花)		棉	花
simp. #(棉花)		棉	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): miánhuā, miánhua

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ, ㄇㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mian² hua¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴ faa¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mièn-fâ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): miên² fa¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): mie¹ hua¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): mièng-huă
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mî-hoe / mî-hoa
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mi-ho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miánhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miánhua
    • Wade–Giles: mien²-hua¹
    • Yale: myán-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianhua
    • Palladius: мяньхуа (mjanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miánhua
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miánhuå
    • Wade–Giles: mien²-hua⁵
    • Yale: myán-hwa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mian.hua
    • Palladius: мяньхуа (mjanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä³/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mian² hua¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mianxua
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɛn²¹ xua⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: mìhn fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹ faː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mièn-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: mienˇ fa´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian² fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯en¹¹ fa²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: miên² fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /miɛn¹¹ fa⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mie¹ hua¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mie¹¹ xua¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mièng-huă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mieŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ŋua⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: mî-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mi'hoef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: mî-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mi'hoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mi-ho
    • MiniDict: mi^去 ho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-ho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² ho⁴⁴/

Noun

棉花

1. cotton

   彈棉花／弹棉花  ―  tán miánhuā  ―  to fluff cotton

Synonyms

• 棉 (mián)

Derived terms

• 棉花坪 (Miánhuāpíng)
• 棉花糖 (miánhuātáng)
• 棉花車子／棉花车子
• 棉花雞／棉花鸡 (miánhuājī)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (棉花):

• → Japanese: 綿(めん)花(か) (menka)
• → Korean: 면화(棉花) (myeonhwa)

Others:

• → Guiqiong: mɐ̃χɐ

Proper noun

棉花

1. (～嶼) Mianhua Islet (an islet in Zhongzheng district, Keelung, Taiwan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
棉	花
めん Hyōgai	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

棉(めん)花(か) • (menka) 

1. Alternative spelling of 綿花: raw cotton, cotton on the bush, a cotton flower

Usage notes

Appears to be less common than the 綿花 spelling.

Korean

Hanja in this term
棉	花

Noun

棉花 • (myeonhwa) (hangeul 면화)

1. hanja form^? of 면화 (“cotton”)