花蕾

花蕾

Chinese

		flower	bud
trad. (花蕾)		花	蕾
simp. #(花蕾)		花	蕾
alternative forms		花藟 obsolete

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huālěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄟˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): faa¹ leoi⁵, faa¹ leoi⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fa¹ lui⁴

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fa¹ lui²
• Min Bei (KCR): huá-lǒ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-lúi / hoa-lúi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê¹ lui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huālěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hualěi
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-lei³
    • Yale: hwā-lěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hualeei
    • Palladius: хуалэй (xualɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwä⁵⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: Often mispronounced as huāléi, especially by speakers of Northern varieties of Mandarin.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ leoi⁵, faa¹ leoi⁴
    • Yale: fā léuih, fā lèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ loey⁵, faa¹ loey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ lêu⁵, fa¹ lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ lɵy̯¹³/, /faː⁵⁵ lɵy̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fa¹ lui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fa³³ lui²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fa¹ lui²
    • Sinological IPA: /fa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ luɪ¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huá-lǒ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xua⁵⁴ lo²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-lúi
    • Tâi-lô: hue-luí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoeluie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² lui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ lui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-lúi
    • Tâi-lô: hua-luí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaluie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² lui⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê¹ lui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hue lúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue³³⁻²³ lui⁵²/

Noun

花蕾

1. flower bud

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 花蕾 (“flower bud”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蕾, 花蕾, 花芽, 蓓蕾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		花蕾, 蓓蕾
Mandarin	Beijing	花骨朵兒
	Taiwan	花蕾
	Harbin	花骨朵兒
	Yantai (Muping)	花骨朵兒
	Jinan	花骨朵
	Luoyang	花骨朵兒
	Wanrong	花骨都
	Xi'an	花骨都兒
	Yinchuan	花苞, 花骨都
	Lanzhou	花骨都
	Xining	花骨都
	Ürümqi	花骨都
	Wuhan	花苞子, 苞子, 花朵子, 朵子
	Chengdu	花骨朵兒, 花苞苞兒, 花苞苞
	Guiyang	花果果
	Liuzhou	花苞, 菇苞
	Xuzhou	花骨朵, 花蕾
	Yangzhou	花朵子, 朵子
	Nanjing	花骨都, 花朵子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	花冧
	Hong Kong	花冧
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	花蕾
	Macau	花冧
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	花冧
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	花冧
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	花冧
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	花蕾
	Foshan	花冧
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	花冧
	Foshan (Shunde)	花冧
	Foshan (Sanshui)	花冧
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	花蕾
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	花冧
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	花蕾
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	花蕾
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	花蕾
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	花蕾
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	花蕾
	Taishan	花蕾
	Kaiping (Chikan)	花蕾
	Enping (Niujiang)	花蕾
	Heshan (Yayao)	花冧
	Dongguan	花蕾
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	花蕾
	Nanning	花咕嘟
Gan	Nanchang	花苞
	Pingxiang	花苞
Hakka	Meixian	花蕾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	花苞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	花苞, 花苞仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	花苞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	花苞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	花苞
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	花苞
Huizhou	Jixi	花蕊
Jin	Taiyuan	花骨都
	Xinzhou	花兒骨朵兒, 骨朵兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	花蕾
Min Dong	Fuzhou	花蕊
	Fuqing	花蕊
Min Nan	Xiamen	花莓
	Quanzhou	花莓
	Zhangzhou	花莓
	Taipei	花莓
	Shantou	花蕾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	花骨朵
Wu	Shanghai	蕊頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	花蕊頭
	Suzhou	花紐頭
	Danyang	花苞苞, 苞苞
	Hangzhou	蘌頭
	Ningbo	花蕊頭, 蕊頭
	Wenzhou	蕊
Xiang	Changsha	花苞子
	Loudi	花苞子