花痴

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	imbecile; sentimental; stupid imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly
trad. (花痴/花癡)		花	痴/癡
simp. (花痴)		花	痴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāchī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ ci¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāchī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huachih
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-chʻih¹
    • Yale: hwā-chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huachy
    • Palladius: хуачи (xuači)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ ci¹
    • Yale: fā chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ tsi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ qi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/

Noun

花痴

1. (literary) anthomaniac; flower enthusiast
2. (colloquial) girl who is infatuated with good-looking guys; girl who is into looks