花蓮

See also: 花莲

Chinese

	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	lotus
trad. (花蓮)	花	蓮
simp. (花莲)	花	莲
anagram	蓮花／莲花

Etymology

Shortened from Japanese 花(か)蓮(れん)港(こう) (Karenkō), from Min Nan 洄瀾／洄澜 (Hôe-liân) during Qing-era settlement in 1851. Formerly named 奇萊／奇莱 (Kî-lâi), referring to the Sakiraya Taiwanese aborigines and their settlement.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huālián
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ lin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fâ-lièn
Min Dong (BUC): Huă-lièng
Min Nan (POJ): Hoa-liân / Hoa-lian / Hoe-lian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Huālián
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hualián
  - Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien²
  - Yale: Hwā-lyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hualian
  - Palladius: Хуалянь (Xualjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwä⁵⁵ ljɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ lin⁴
  - Yale: fā lìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ lin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ lin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ liːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fâ-lièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fa´ lienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ lian²
  - Sinological IPA: /fa²⁴ li̯en¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Huă-lièng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hua⁵⁵ l̃ieŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hoa-liân
  - Tâi-lô: Hua-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoalieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hoa-lian
  - Tâi-lô: Hua-lian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaliefn
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hoe-lian
  - Tâi-lô: Hue-lian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoeliefn
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn⁴⁴/

Proper noun

花蓮

(～縣) Hualien County (a county on the east coast of Taiwan)
(～市) Hualien City (city in Hualien County, Taiwan)

Descendants

→ English: Hualien, Hualian, Hua-lien

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	蓮
か Grade: 1	れん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Proper noun

花(か)蓮(れん) • (Karen)

Hualien (a city and county on the east coast of Taiwan)