指甲花

Chinese

		fingernail; toenail	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (指甲花)		指甲	花
simp. #(指甲花)		指甲	花

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐjiahuā, zhǐjiǎhuā, zhījiahuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ ㄏㄨㄚ, ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄚ, ㄓ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gaap³ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjiahuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjiåhua
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-chia⁵-hua¹
    • Yale: jř-jya-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy.jiahua
    • Palladius: чжицзяхуа (čžiczjaxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä⁴ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjiǎhuā [Phonetic: zhíjiǎhuā]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjiǎhua
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-chia³-hua¹
    • Yale: jř-jyǎ-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjeahua
    • Palladius: чжицзяхуа (čžiczjaxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhījiahuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihjiåhua
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-chia⁵-hua¹
    • Yale: jr̄-jya-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.jiahua
    • Palladius: чжицзяхуа (čžiczjaxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä² xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhījiahuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihjiåhuar
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-chia⁵-hua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: jr̄-jya-hwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.jiahual
    • Palladius: чжицзяхуар (čžiczjaxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä² xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² gaap³ faa¹
    • Yale: jí gaap fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gaap⁸ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² gab³ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kaːp̚³ faː⁵⁵/

Noun

指甲花

1. (colloquial) garden balsam (Impatiens balsamina)
2. henna tree (Lawsonia inermis)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鳳仙花 (“garden balsam”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鳳仙花
Taxonomic name		鳳仙花
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鳳仙花兒, 指甲花兒
	Taiwan	鳳仙花, 指甲花
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	指甲草
	Harbin	薺薺草兒, 甲桃花兒, 指甲花兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	指甲草, 指甲花
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	指甲草兒
	Wanrong	圪甲花
	Zhengzhou	指甲草兒
	Xi'an	海央花
	Xining	指甲花, 海納
	Xuzhou	雞草子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	海蒳
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	指甲草
	Lanzhou	海納, 指甲草
	Ürümqi	海娜花兒, 指甲花兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	指掐兒花
	Wuhan	指甲花, 鳳仙花
	Guiyang	指甲花
	Guilin	指甲花
	Liuzhou	指甲花, 鳳仙花
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	金門花, 雞毛花, 指甲花, 鳳仙花
	Yangzhou	鳳兒花, 指掐花, 辟蛇草
	Nantong	指甲花兒
	Huanggang	指丫兒花
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鳳仙花, 燈盞花, 指甲草
	Dongguan	指甲花
	Nanning	指甲花
	Wuzhou	指甲花
	Yulin	指甲花
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	指甲花
Gan	Nanchang	指甲子花
	Lichuan	金紅花, 金紅
	Pingxiang	指甲兒
Hakka	Meixian	鳳仙花, 手指甲花
	Xingning	指甲花
	Huidong (Daling)	指甲花
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	指甲花
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	指甲花
	Changting	指甲花
	Wuping	手指甲花
	Liancheng	指甲花
	Yudu	指甲花
	Ruijin	指甲花
	Shicheng	鳳仙花
	Shangyou (Shexi)	手指甲花
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鳳仙花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鳳仙花
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鳳仙花
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手指甲花, 鳳仙花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鳳仙花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鳳仙花
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	指甲花
Huizhou	Jixi	指甲花
Jin	Taiyuan	鳳嵌嵌, 指掐花
	Xinzhou	海芽
	Hohhot	海那
Northern Min	Jian'ou	手甲花
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	掌甲花
	Fuzhou (Changle)	金鳳
	Fuqing	掌甲花, 金鳳
	Yongtai	金鳳, 掌甲花
	Gutian	掌甲花
Southern Min	Xiamen	掌甲花, 金鳳, 錦鳳
	Zhangzhou	金鳳
	Taipei	掌甲花
	Kaohsiung	掌甲花
	Yilan	掌甲花
	Changhua (Lukang)	掌甲花
	Taichung	掌甲花
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鳳仙花
	Tainan	掌甲花
	Taitung	掌甲花
	Hsinchu	掌甲花
	Penghu (Magong)	掌甲花
	Penang (Hokkien)	金鳳花
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鳳仙花, 金鳳花
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鳳月草
	Haikou	指甲花
Puxian Min	Xianyou	掌甲花
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	指甲花
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	指甲花
Wu	Shanghai	鳳仙花
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鳳仙花
	Suzhou	鳳仙花
	Danyang	鳳牆花
	Hangzhou	鳳仙花
	Ningbo	滿堂紅
	Wenzhou	指甲花
	Jinhua	鳳仙花
Xiang	Changsha	指甲子花
	Loudi	鳳仙花
	Quanzhou	鳳仙花

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 指甲花 – see 掌甲花. (This term is a variant form of 掌甲花).