鮮花

See also: 鲜花

Chinese

		few; rare; fresh	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (鮮花)		鮮	花
simp. (鲜花)		鲜	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ faa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-fâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sian-hoa / sian-hoe / chhiⁿ-hoe / chheⁿ-hoe / sián-hoe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cin¹ huê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianhua
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-hua¹
    • Yale: syān-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianhua
    • Palladius: сяньхуа (sjanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ faa¹
    • Yale: sīn fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ fa^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ fa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: sian-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienhoaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ hua³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: sian-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienhoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ hue³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvi'hoef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhve'hoef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sián-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: sián-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siefnhoef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hue³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cin¹ huê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiⁿ hue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩ³³⁻²³ hue³³/

Noun

鮮花

1. fresh flower (Classifier: 朵; 束)

   她注視著窗臺上的一束鮮花。 [MSC, trad.]
   她注视着窗台上的一束鲜花。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zhùshì zhe chuāngtái shàng de yī shù xiānhuā. [Pinyin]

   She's staring at the bunch of fresh flowers on the windowsill.

Synonyms

• (literary) 生花 (shēnghuā)

Related terms

• 鮮果／鲜果 (xiānguǒ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鮮花):

• → Japanese: 鮮花(せんか) (senka)
• → Korean: 선화(鮮花) (seonhwa)