大理花

大理花

Chinese

		Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (大理花)		大理	花
simp. #(大理花)		大理	花

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English dahlia + 花 (huā, “flower”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàlǐhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ lei⁵ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàlǐhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàlǐhua
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-li³-hua¹
    • Yale: dà-lǐ-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahliihua
    • Palladius: далихуа (dalixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xwä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ lei⁵ faa¹
    • Yale: daaih léih fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ lei⁵ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ léi⁵ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lei̯¹³ faː⁵⁵/

Noun

大理花

1. dahlia

Synonyms

• 大麗花／大丽花 (dàlìhuā)
• 天竺牡丹 (tiānzhú mǔdān)