葵花

Chinese

		sunflower	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (葵花)		葵	花
simp. #(葵花)		葵	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuíhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴ faa¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'kui² fa¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khùi-fâ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kui² fa¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): kui¹ hua¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): gì-huă
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kûi-hoa / kûi-hoe / khûi-hoe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kuei² fa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuíhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuéihua
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei²-hua¹
    • Yale: kwéi-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kweihua
    • Palladius: куйхуа (kujxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: kwàih fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹ faː⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'kui² fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈkʰui²⁴ fa⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khùi-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: kuiˇ fa´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kui² fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯i¹¹ fa²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kui² fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰuɪ¹¹ fa⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: kui¹ hua¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxuei¹¹ xua¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gì-huă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ua⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kûi-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: kuî-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kui'hoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui²⁴⁻²² hua³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui²⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kûi-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: kuî-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kui'hoef
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khûi-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: khuî-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'hoef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: kuei² fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯e̞i̯¹³ ɸa̠³³/

Noun

葵花

1. sunflower

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 向日葵 (“sunflower”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		向日葵, 葵花, 向陽花, 朝陽花
Mandarin	Beijing	向日葵, 轉日蓮, 廣植蓮
	Taiwan	向日葵
	Ulanhot	毛嗑兒
	Tongliao	毛嗑兒
	Chifeng	向日葵, 葵花
	Bayanhot	葵花
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	毛嗑兒
	Harbin	大葵花, 毛子嗑兒, 毛嗑兒
	Shenyang	毛子嗑
	Yantai (Muping)	轉日蓮, 轉家蓮
	Qingdao	朝陽花, 轉悠葵兒
	Jinan	朝陽花
	Luoyang	朝日葵, 向日葵, 葵花兒
	Wanrong	葵花
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	轉花
	Zhengzhou	照日葵
	Xi'an	向日葵
	Yinchuan	向陽葵, 葵花
	Lanzhou	葵花
	Xining	向日葵, 葵花
	Ürümqi	葵花
	Wuhan	葵花
	Chengdu	向耳葵, 向日葵, 葵花
	Guiyang	葵花
	Kunming	朝陽餅兒
	Guilin	向日葵
	Liuzhou	向日葵
	Xuzhou	轉蓮, 向日葵, 葵花
	Yangzhou	葵花
	Nanjing	葵花, 向日葵
	Hefei	朝花, 長花
	Nantong	葵花
	Singapore	向日葵
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	向兒葵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	向日葵
	Hong Kong	向日葵, 太陽花, 葵花
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	葵花
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	向日葵
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	向日葵
	Taishan	向日葵
	Dongguan	向日葵
	Yangjiang	向日葵
	Nanning	向日葵, 葵花
	Wuzhou	向日葵
	Yulin	向日葵
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	向日葵
	Danzhou	向日葵
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	太陽花
Gan	Nanchang	葵花
	Lichuan	葵花
	Pingxiang	拜東蓮
Hakka	Meixian	葵花, 向日葵
	Xingning	向日葵
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	向日葵
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	向日葵
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	向日葵
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	向日葵
	Huidong (Daling)	向日葵
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	向日葵
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	向日葵
	Boluo (Bendihua)	向日葵
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	向日葵
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	向日葵
	Wuhua (Changbu)	向日葵
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	向日葵
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	向日葵
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	向日葵
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	向日葵
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	向日葵
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	向日葵
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	向日葵
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	朝月蓮
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	葵花
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	向日葵
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	照月蓮
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	葵花子
	Changting	向東蓮
	Wuping	向東蓮
	Wuping (Pingyu)	向東蓮
	Liancheng	照日蓮
	Ninghua	葵花
	Yudu	照日亮
	Ruijin	向熱蓮
	Shicheng	月照瓜
	Shangyou (Shexi)	拜東蓮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	向日葵, 葵花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	向日葵, 葵花
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	向日葵, 葵花
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	向日葵, 葵花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	向日葵, 葵花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	日頭花, 葵花
	Hong Kong	向日葵
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	向日葵
	Sabah (Longchuan)	向日葵
	Senai (Huiyang)	向日葵
	Singkawang	向日葵
Huizhou	Jixi	葵花
	Shexian	葵花, 葵花蓮
	Tunxi	絲瓜蓮, 豬肉臉
	Xiuning	葵花蓮, 金桂蓮
	Yixian	葵花蓮
	Qimen	轉蓮葵兒
	Wuyuan	葵花
	Dexing	葵花
	Jingde	葵花
Jin	Taiyuan	葵花
	Pingyao	朝陽花
	Xinzhou	葵花花
	Taibus (Baochang)	朝陽花
	Linhe	葵花
	Jining	葵花籽兒, 朝陽陽
	Hohhot	葵花
	Baotou	葵花籽兒, 朝陽陽
	Dongsheng	葵花, 陽籽花
	Haibowan	葵花
Northern Min	Jian'ou	日頭陽
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	日頭貢
	Songxi	日頭蓮
	Zhenghe	日頭花
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	瓜仔盤
	Jianyang	日頭葵
	Wuyishan	日頭花
	Pucheng (Shibei)	日頭花
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	向日葵, 葵花
	Fuqing	葵花, 向日葵
Southern Min	Xiamen	向日葵
	Quanzhou	向日葵
	Zhangzhou	向日葵
	Kaohsiung	日頭花
	Yilan	日頭花
	Changhua (Lukang)	日頭花
	Taichung	日頭花
	Taichung (Wuqi)	太陽花
	Tainan	太陽花
	Taitung	日頭花
	Hsinchu	太陽花
	Penghu (Magong)	太陽花
	Chaozhou	葵花
	Haifeng	葵花
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	日頭花
	Wenchang	向日葵
	Haikou	向日葵
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	向日葵
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	朝陽花
Wu	Shanghai	向日葵
	Shanghai (Chongming)	朝日頭花
	Suzhou	向日葵
	Wuxi	向日葵
	Danyang	葵花
	Hangzhou	葵花
	Ningbo	朝日頭花, 向日葵
	Wenzhou	太陽佛花
	Jinhua	朝日葵
Xiang	Changsha	葵花
	Loudi	向陽花
	Shuangfeng	望立莧
	Quanzhou	葵花子

Derived terms

• 葵花籽 (kuíhuāzǐ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (葵花):

• → Korean: 규화(葵花) (gyuhwa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
葵	花
あい Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 1

Proper noun

葵(あい)花(か) • (Aika) 

1. a female given name