花鳥

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	bird
trad. (花鳥)		花	鳥
simp. (花鸟)		花	鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ niu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoa-niáu / hoe-chiáu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ho-gniau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huaniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-niao³
    • Yale: hwā-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huaneau
    • Palladius: хуаняо (xuanjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ niu⁵
    • Yale: fā níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ niːu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-niáu
    • Tâi-lô: hua-niáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaniao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hua³³ niãu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² niãu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-chiáu
    • Tâi-lô: hue-tsiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoeciao
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siau⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ho-gniau
    • MiniDict: ho^平 nyau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ho-nyiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ho⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɔ²¹/

Noun

花鳥

1. painting of flowers and birds in traditional Chinese style

Derived terms

• 花鳥使／花鸟使
• 花鳥畫／花鸟画
• 錦花鳥／锦花鸟

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (花鳥):

• → Japanese: 花(か)鳥(ちょう) (kachō)
• → Korean: 화조(花鳥) (hwajo)