蕊頭

Chinese

		stamen; pistil	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (蕊頭)		蕊	頭
simp. (蕊头)		蕊	头
alternative forms		扭頭／扭头 鈕頭／钮头

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gniu-deu; ⁶gnieu-deu / ⁶ngeu-deu₀; ⁶gnieu-deu₀

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gniu-deu; ⁶gnieu-deu
    • MiniDict: nyu^去 deu; nyeu^去 deu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyy-deu; ³nyieu-deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²² dɤ⁴⁴/, /n̠ʲiɤ²² dɤ⁴⁴/
  • (Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ngeu-deu₀; ⁶gnieu-deu₀
    • MiniDict: ngeu^去 deu0; nyeu^去 deu0
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ŋøy²³ døy¹¹/, /n̠ʲʏ²³ døy¹¹/

Note: ⁶gnieu deu – irregular reading, most likely introduced into urban Shanghainese through Suzhounese influence. Sometimes phonetically written as 扭頭 or 鈕頭..

Noun

蕊頭

1. (Wu) flower bud

   • 桃花末扭頭紅，楊柳條兒青。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     桃花末扭头红，杨柳条儿青。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 金陵塔 ("The Jinling Tower"), traditional Tanhuang tune adapted from Wuxi Opera repertoire, as performed by 袁一靈 (Yuan Yiling)

     ⁶dau-ho-meq ⁶gnieu-deu ⁶ghon ⁶yan-lieu ⁶diau-gher ¹tshin [Wugniu]

     Peach blossoms grow crimson buds, willow branches shine a brilliant green.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 花蕾 (“flower bud”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蕾, 花蕾, 花芽, 蓓蕾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		花蕾, 蓓蕾
Mandarin	Beijing	花骨朵兒
	Taiwan	花蕾
	Harbin	花骨朵兒
	Yantai (Muping)	花骨朵兒
	Jinan	花骨朵
	Luoyang	花骨朵兒
	Wanrong	花骨都
	Xi'an	花骨都兒
	Yinchuan	花苞, 花骨都
	Lanzhou	花骨都
	Xining	花骨都
	Ürümqi	花骨都
	Wuhan	花苞子, 苞子, 花朵子, 朵子
	Chengdu	花骨朵兒, 花苞苞兒, 花苞苞
	Guiyang	花果果
	Liuzhou	花苞, 菇苞
	Xuzhou	花骨朵, 花蕾
	Yangzhou	花朵子, 朵子
	Nanjing	花骨都, 花朵子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	花冧
	Hong Kong	花冧
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	花蕾
	Macau	花冧
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	花冧
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	花冧
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	花冧
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	花蕾
	Foshan	花冧
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	花冧
	Foshan (Shunde)	花冧
	Foshan (Sanshui)	花冧
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	花蕾
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	花冧
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	花蕾
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	花蕾
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	花蕾
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	花蕾
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	花蕾
	Taishan	花蕾
	Kaiping (Chikan)	花蕾
	Enping (Niujiang)	花蕾
	Heshan (Yayao)	花冧
	Dongguan	花蕾
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	花蕾
	Nanning	花咕嘟
Gan	Nanchang	花苞
	Pingxiang	花苞
Hakka	Meixian	花蕾
	Xingning	花蕾哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	花苞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	花苞, 花苞仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	花苞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	花苞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	花苞
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	花苞
Huizhou	Jixi	花蕊
Jin	Taiyuan	花骨都
	Xinzhou	花兒骨朵兒, 骨朵兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	花蕾
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	花蕊
	Fuqing	花蕊
Southern Min	Xiamen	花莓
	Quanzhou	花莓
	Jinjiang	花莓
	Zhangzhou	花莓
	Taipei	花莓
	Shantou	花蕾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	花骨朵
Wu	Shanghai	蕊頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	花蕊頭
	Suzhou	花紐頭
	Danyang	花苞苞, 苞苞
	Hangzhou	蘌頭
	Ningbo	花蕊頭, 蕊頭
	Wenzhou	蕊
Xiang	Changsha	花苞子
	Loudi	花苞子

Coordinate terms

• 花蕊頭／花蕊头