麻花

Chinese

		(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (麻花)		麻	花
simp. #(麻花)		麻	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máhua
    • Wade–Giles: ma²-hua¹
    • Yale: má-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mahua
    • Palladius: махуа (maxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: màh fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹ faː⁵⁵/

Noun

麻花

1. fried dough twist

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 枷車藤／枷车藤
• (Jianghuai Mandarin, Shanghainese) 脆麻花

Adjective

麻花

1. wearing thin; worn out (of clothes)