零花

Chinese

		remnant; zero; to fall	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (零花)		零	花
simp. #(零花)		零	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línghuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línghuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línghua
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-hua¹
    • Yale: líng-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linghua
    • Palladius: линхуа (linxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línghuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línghuar
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-hua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: líng-hwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linghual
    • Palladius: линхуар (linxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: lìhng fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ faː⁵⁵/

Noun

零花

1. (colloquial) pocket money

Synonyms

• 零用 (língyòng) (colloquial)
• 零用錢／零用钱 (língyòngqián)
• 零花錢／零花钱 (línghuāqián)
• 零錢／零钱 (língqián)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 零用錢 (“pocket money”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		零用錢, 零花錢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	零花錢, 零花兒
	Taiwan	零用錢
	Chengde	零花錢
	Chifeng	零用錢, 零花錢
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	零花錢
	Heihe	零花錢, 零錢
	Qiqihar	零花錢
	Harbin	零花錢兒, 零錢兒, 零錢, 零花兒
	Jiamusi	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Baicheng	零錢
	Changchun	零花錢
	Tonghua	零花錢
	Shenyang	零用錢, 零錢, 零花錢兒
	Jinzhou	零用錢兒, 零花錢兒, 零錢兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	零花兒
	Tangshan	零花錢
	Cangzhou	零錢
	Baoding	零花錢
	Shijiazhuang	零錢
	Lijin	零花兒
	Jinan	零花錢, 零錢, 零花
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	零花兒錢
	Dandong	零用錢, 零花錢
	Yantai	零花兒錢, 零花兒
	Yantai (Muping)	零花兒, 零錢
	Qingdao	零花兒錢, 零花兒
	Zhucheng	零錢
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	零花錢兒
	Lingbao	零錢
	Jining	零錢兒, 零花錢
	Wanrong	零錢
	Linfen	零花錢
	Shangqiu	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Yuanyang	零用錢, 零花錢
	Zhengzhou	零花錢
	Xinyang	零錢
	Baihe	零用錢, 零花錢
	Xi'an	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Baoji	零用錢, 零花錢
	Tianshui	零花錢, 零用錢
	Xining	零錢, 零用錢, 零花錢
	Xuzhou	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Fuyang	零花錢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	零花錢, 零錢
	Lanzhou	零花錢, 零用錢, 零錢
	Dunhuang	零花錢
	Hami	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Ürümqi	零花錢, 零錢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	零用錢
	Nanchong	零用錢, 零錢
	Dazhou	零花錢
	Hanyuan	零用錢
	Xichang	零用錢
	Zigong	零用錢
	Chongqing	零用錢
	Wuhan	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Yichang	零用錢, 零花錢
	Xiangyang	零用錢, 零花錢
	Tianmen	零用錢
	Guiyang	零用錢
	Zunyi	零用錢
	Bijie	零用錢
	Liping	零用錢
	Zhaotong	零錢
	Dali	零用錢
	Kunming	零用錢兒
	Mengzi	零用錢
	Guilin	零用錢
	Liuzhou	零用錢
	Jishou	零用錢
	Changde	零星錢
	Hanzhong	零用錢, 零花錢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	零用錢
	Yangzhou	零用錢
	Lianyungang	零錢
	Lianshui	零用錢
	Nantong	零用錢
	Anqing	零用錢
	Wuhu	零用錢
	Hefei	零花錢
	Hong'an	零用錢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	散使, 閒使
	Hong Kong	零用錢, 零用
	Taishan	散使
Gan	Nanchang	零用錢
Hakka	Meixian	零用
	Yudu	零錢
Huizhou	Jixi	零用錢
	Shexian	零用錢
Jin	Taiyuan	零花錢
	Yangyuan	零錢
	Datong	零花錢
	Xinzhou	零花錢, 零錢
	Lüliang (Lishi)	零花錢兒
	Changzhi	零花錢
	Linhe	零花錢, 零錢
	Jining	零花錢
	Hohhot	零花錢, 零錢
	Erenhot	零花錢, 零錢
	Pingshan	零花錢兒
	Zhangjiakou	零花錢
	Handan	零花錢
	Linzhou	零錢
	Suide	零花錢兒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	碎使, 碎錢
Southern Min	Xiamen	零星錢, 零星
	Quanzhou	零星錢, 零星
	Zhangzhou	零星錢, 零星, 零星鐳, 零鐳仔
	Shantou	零用, 摻碎錢
	Haikou	零錢
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	零花錢
Wu	Shanghai	零用銅鈿, 零用鈿
	Shanghai (Chongming)	零用鈿, 零碎銅鈿
	Suzhou	零用鈿
	Danyang	零用銅
	Hangzhou	零用銅鈿, 零用錢
	Ningbo	零用鈿
	Wenzhou	零碎鈔票
	Jinhua	零用個銅鈿
Xiang	Changsha	零用錢
	Loudi	零用, 零錢子, 零錢

Verb

零花

1. to spend money in bits and pieces; to spend for incidental expenses

Synonyms

• 零用 (língyòng)

Derived terms

• 零花錢／零花钱 (línghuāqián)