花粉

花粉

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	dust; powder
trad. (花粉)		花	粉
simp. #(花粉)		花	粉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāfěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄈㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ fan²
• Min Nan (POJ): hoe-hún / hoa-hún
• Wu (Wiktionary): ho fen (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāfěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄈㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huafěn
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-fên³
    • Yale: hwā-fěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huafeen
    • Palladius: хуафэнь (xuafɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwä⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ fan²
    • Yale: fā fán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ fan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ fen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ fɐn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-hún
    • Tâi-lô: hue-hún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'huon
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ hun⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-hún
    • Tâi-lô: hua-hún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'huon
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ho fen (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵⁵ fəɲ²¹/

Noun

花粉

1. pollen

   花粉過敏／花粉过敏  ―  huāfěn guòmǐn  ―  pollen allergy

2. (Mainland China Hokkien) powdered cosmetics (for one's face)
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) powder from Chinese cucumber Trichosanthes kirilowii

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: phấn hoa (calque)

Sino-Xenic (花粉):

• → Japanese: 花(か)粉(ふん) (kafun)
• → Korean: 화분(花粉) (hwabun)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	粉
か Grade: 1	ふん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) かふん [kàfúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɸɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

花(か)粉(ふん) • (kafun) ^{←くわふん (kwafun)?}

1. (botany) pollen
   • 1999 July 22, “マグナム・リリィ [Magnum Lily]”, in Vol.4, Konami:

     いわゆるてっぽうユリ。花(か)粉(ふん)の弾(たま)を飛(と)ばし相(あい)手(て)を攻(こう)撃(げき)する。

     Iwayuru teppō yuri. Kafun no tama o tobashi aite o kōgeki suru.

     These lilies are also guns, and they attack opponents by shooting out pollen bullets.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
花	粉

Noun

花粉 • (hwabun) (hangeul 화분)

1. Hanja form^? of 화분 (“pollen”).