種花

Chinese

		to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (種花)		種	花
simp. (种花)		种	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhònghuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ faa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-hoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhònghuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhònghua
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-hua¹
    • Yale: jùng-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqhua
    • Palladius: чжунхуа (čžunxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ faa¹
    • Yale: jung fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ faː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeanghoef
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hue⁴⁴/

Verb

種花

1. (horticulture) to plant flowers

   植樹種花／植树种花  ―  zhíshù zhònghuā  ―  to plant trees and grow flowers

2. (immunology, dialectal) to vaccinate against smallpox

Synonyms

• (to vaccinate against smallpox):

• 種汞／种汞 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 種牛痘／种牛痘 (zhòng niúdòu)
• 種珠／种珠 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 種痘／种痘 (zhòngdòu)
• 點痘子／点痘子 (dienn³ dou⁵ zr) (Xiang)