花腔

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	cavity of body; tune
trad. (花腔)		花	腔
simp. #(花腔)		花	腔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāqiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄑㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ hong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāqiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huaciang
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-chʻiang¹
    • Yale: hwā-chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huachiang
    • Palladius: хуацян (xuacjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ hong¹
    • Yale: fā hōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ hong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ hong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ hɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

花腔

1. (theater) florid ornamentation in Chinese opera singing
2. (music) coloratura
3. guileful talk

Derived terms

• 耍花腔 (shuǎhuāqiāng)
• 花腔女高音