見笑花

Chinese

		to incur ridicule through one's poor performance	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (見笑花)		見笑	花
simp. (见笑花)		见笑	花

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kien-seu-fâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-siàu-hoe

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kien-seu-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: gien seu fa´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ seu⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯en⁵⁵ seu̯⁵⁵ fa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-siàu-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: kiàn-siàu-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiernsiao'hoef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ siau²¹⁻⁴¹ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

見笑花

1. (Taiwanese Hakka, Kaohsiung Hokkien) mimosa; shameplant (Mimosa, especially Mimosa pudica, the sensitive plant)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 含羞草 (“shameplant; touch-me-not; sensitive plant”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		含羞草
Taxonomic name		含羞草
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	含羞草
	Taiwan	含羞草
	Chifeng	星星兒草
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	含羞草
	Harbin	含羞草
	Shenyang	含羞草
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	含羞草
	Tangshan	含羞草
	Cangzhou	含羞草
	Baoding	含羞草
	Shijiazhuang	含羞草
	Jinan	含羞草
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	害羞草兒
	Qingdao	含羞草
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	含羞草
	Zhengzhou	害羞草
	Xi'an	含羞草
	Xining	含羞草
	Xuzhou	含羞草
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	指羞草
	Lanzhou	含羞草
	Ürümqi	含羞草
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	含羞草
	Chongqing	害羞草
	Wuhan	含羞草
	Guiyang	害羞草
	Kunming	含羞草
	Guilin	含羞草
	Liuzhou	含羞草
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	含羞草, 逢人輪
	Yangzhou	含羞草
	Nantong	含羞草
	Hefei	含羞草
Cantonese	Guangzhou	怕醜草
	Hong Kong	怕醜草
	Kaiping (Chikan)	怕醜草
	Dongguan	怕醜草
Gan	Nanchang	含羞草
	Lichuan	含羞草
	Pingxiang	通花
Hakka	Meixian	羞羞草, 含羞草
	Yudu	含羞草, 打偋草
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	見笑花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	畏羞草
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	見笑草
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	畏羞草
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	見笑草
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	詐死草, 見笑草
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	見笑花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	詐死草, 見笑花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	見笑花
Huizhou	Shexian	含羞草, 哈嗤草
Jin	Taiyuan	指羞草
	Xinzhou	含羞草
	Linhe	含羞草
	Jining	指羞草
	Hohhot	含羞草
	Zhangjiakou	含羞草
	Handan	含羞草
Northern Min	Jian'ou	目䁒草
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	小禮花, 含羞草
	Fuqing	小禮花
Southern Min	Xiamen	畏擽草
	Zhangzhou	畏擽草
	Dongshan	含羞草
	Taipei	見笑草
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	見笑草
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	見笑草, 愛睏草
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	見笑草, 愛睏草
	Kaohsiung	見笑花
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	見笑花
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	見笑花
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	見笑花
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	見笑草
	Yilan	見笑草
	Yilan (Toucheng)	見笑草
	Changhua (Lukang)	見笑草
	Taichung	見笑草
	Tainan	見笑草
	Tainan (Anping)	見笑草
	Hsinchu	見笑草
	Kinmen	畏擽草
	Penghu (Magong)	見笑草
	Penghu (Xiyu)	見笑花
	Singapore (Hokkien)	見笑草
	Jieyang	小禮花
	Leizhou	貨櫓花
	Haikou	驚蠢草
Puxian Min	Xianyou	畏指
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	怕醜草
Wu	Shanghai	含羞草
	Suzhou	含羞草
	Danyang	動氣婆婆
	Hangzhou	怕癢草
	Ningbo	含羞草
	Wenzhou	溜溜草兒
	Jinhua	光癢草, 含羞草
Xiang	Loudi	含羞草