花蛤

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	clam
trad. (花蛤)		花	蛤
simp. #(花蛤)		花	蛤
alternative forms		花甲 dialectal

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāgé

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄍㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ gap³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-kap / hoa-kap / hoa-kah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāgé
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huagé
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-ko²
    • Yale: hwā-gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huager
    • Palladius: хуагэ (xuagɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ gap³
    • Yale: fā gap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ gap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ geb³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ kɐp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-kap
    • Tâi-lô: hue-kap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'kab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ kap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² kap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ kap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-kap
    • Tâi-lô: hua-kap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'kab
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² kap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-kah
    • Tâi-lô: hua-kah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'kaq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² kaʔ³²/

Noun

花蛤

1. huage clam (Ruditapes philippinarum)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 花蛤仔