花招

花招

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	provoke; to recruit
trad. (花招)		花	招
simp. #(花招)		花	招
variant forms		花著／花着

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāzhāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ ziu¹
• Min Nan (POJ): hoa-chiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huāzhāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huajhao
    • IPA ^(key): /xwä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: huāzhāor
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓㄠㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajaul
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huajhaor
    • IPA ^(key): /xwä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: faa¹ ziu¹
    • Yale: fā jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ jiu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fäː⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 花招 花椒

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-chiau
    • Tâi-lô: hua-tsiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaciaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hua³³ t͡ɕiaʊ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/

Noun

花招

1. showy movement in wushu; flourish
2. (figuratively) trick; game

Synonyms

• (trick): 把戲／把戏 (bǎxì), (Min Nan) 氣祟／气祟, (Min Nan) 鬼祟, (Min Nan) 鬼壘鬼祟／鬼垒鬼祟

Derived terms

玩花招 耍花招 (shuǎhuāzhāo)

花招百出 鬼花招