花螺

花螺

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	aquatic snail
trad. (花螺)		花	螺
simp. #(花螺)		花	螺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ lo^4-2
• Min Nan (POJ): hoe-lêr / hoe-lê / hoa-lê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hualuó
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-lo²
    • Yale: hwā-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hualuo
    • Palladius: хуало (xualo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwä⁵⁵ lwɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ lo^4-2
    • Yale: fā ló
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ lo^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ lo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-lêr
    • Tâi-lô: hue-lêr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ lə²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-lê
    • Tâi-lô: hue-lê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoelee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² le²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-lê
    • Tâi-lô: hua-lê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoalee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² le¹³/

Noun

花螺

1. Babylonia areolata, Babylonia lutosa or Babylonia formosae (edible, small conch)
2. (Xiamen Hokkien) conflict; dispute; disagreement

Verb

花螺

1. (Xiamen Hokkien) to be perverse; to act shamelessly

Synonyms

• 耍賴／耍赖 (shuǎlài)