鳳仙花

Chinese

		male fenghuang	immortal	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (鳳仙花)		鳳	仙	花
simp. (凤仙花)		凤	仙	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèngxiānhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁶ sin¹ faa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fung-siên-fâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hōng-sian-hoe
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶von-shi-ho; ⁶bon-shi-ho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèngxiānhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fòngsianhua
    • Wade–Giles: fêng⁴-hsien¹-hua¹
    • Yale: fèng-syān-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenqshianhua
    • Palladius: фэнсяньхуа (fɛnsjanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèngxiānhuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fòngsianhuar
    • Wade–Giles: fêng⁴-hsien¹-hua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: fèng-syān-hwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenqshianhual
    • Palladius: фэнсяньхуар (fɛnsjanʹxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung⁶ sin¹ faa¹
    • Yale: fuhng sīn fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁶ sin¹ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung⁶ xin¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²² siːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fung-siên-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: fung xien´ fa´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fung⁴ xian¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fuŋ⁵⁵ si̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ fa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng-sian-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: hōng-sian-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxngsienhoef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶von-shi-ho; ⁶bon-shi-ho
    • MiniDict: von^去 shi ho; bon^去 shi ho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³von-xi-ho; ³bon-xi-ho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /voŋ²² ɕi⁵⁵ ho²¹/, /boŋ²² ɕi⁵⁵ ho²¹/

Noun

鳳仙花

1. garden balsam (Impatiens balsamina)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鳳仙花 (“garden balsam”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鳳仙花
Taxonomic name		鳳仙花
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鳳仙花兒, 指甲花兒
	Taiwan	鳳仙花, 指甲花
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	指甲草
	Harbin	薺薺草兒, 甲桃花兒, 指甲花兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	指甲草, 指甲花
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	指甲草兒
	Wanrong	圪甲花
	Zhengzhou	指甲草兒
	Xi'an	海央花
	Xining	指甲花, 海納
	Xuzhou	雞草子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	海蒳
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	指甲草
	Lanzhou	海納, 指甲草
	Ürümqi	海娜花兒, 指甲花兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	指掐兒花
	Wuhan	指甲花, 鳳仙花
	Guiyang	指甲花
	Guilin	指甲花
	Liuzhou	指甲花, 鳳仙花
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	金門花, 雞毛花, 指甲花, 鳳仙花
	Yangzhou	鳳兒花, 指掐花, 辟蛇草
	Nantong	指甲花兒
	Huanggang	指丫兒花
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鳳仙花, 燈盞花, 指甲草
	Dongguan	指甲花
	Nanning	指甲花
	Wuzhou	指甲花
	Yulin	指甲花
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	指甲花
Gan	Nanchang	指甲子花
	Lichuan	金紅花, 金紅
	Pingxiang	指甲兒
Hakka	Meixian	鳳仙花, 手指甲花
	Xingning	指甲花
	Huidong (Daling)	指甲花
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	指甲花
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	指甲花
	Changting	指甲花
	Wuping	手指甲花
	Liancheng	指甲花
	Yudu	指甲花
	Ruijin	指甲花
	Shicheng	鳳仙花
	Shangyou (Shexi)	手指甲花
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鳳仙花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鳳仙花
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鳳仙花
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手指甲花, 鳳仙花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鳳仙花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鳳仙花
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	指甲花
Huizhou	Jixi	指甲花
Jin	Taiyuan	鳳嵌嵌, 指掐花
	Xinzhou	海芽
	Hohhot	海那
Northern Min	Jian'ou	手甲花
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	掌甲花
	Fuzhou (Changle)	金鳳
	Fuqing	掌甲花, 金鳳
	Yongtai	金鳳, 掌甲花
	Gutian	掌甲花
Southern Min	Xiamen	掌甲花, 金鳳, 錦鳳
	Zhangzhou	金鳳
	Taipei	掌甲花
	Kaohsiung	掌甲花
	Yilan	掌甲花
	Changhua (Lukang)	掌甲花
	Taichung	掌甲花
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鳳仙花
	Tainan	掌甲花
	Taitung	掌甲花
	Hsinchu	掌甲花
	Penghu (Magong)	掌甲花
	Penang (Hokkien)	金鳳花
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鳳仙花, 金鳳花
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鳳月草
	Haikou	指甲花
Puxian Min	Xianyou	掌甲花
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	指甲花
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	指甲花
Wu	Shanghai	鳳仙花
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鳳仙花
	Suzhou	鳳仙花
	Danyang	鳳牆花
	Hangzhou	鳳仙花
	Ningbo	滿堂紅
	Wenzhou	指甲花
	Jinhua	鳳仙花
Xiang	Changsha	指甲子花
	Loudi	鳳仙花
	Quanzhou	鳳仙花

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳳	仙	花
ほう Jinmeiyō	せん Grade: S	か Grade: 1
kan'on	on'yomi	kan'on

Noun

鳳(ほう)仙(せん)花(か) or 鳳仙花(ホウセンカ) • (hōsenka) 

1. Impatiens balsamina; balsam flower, jewelweed, the touch-me-not

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ホウセンカ.

Korean

Hanja in this term
鳳	仙	花

Noun

鳳仙花 • (bongseonhwa) (hangeul 봉선화)

1. hanja form^? of 봉선화