八仙花

Chinese

		Eight Immortals	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (八仙花)		八仙	花
simp. #(八仙花)		八仙	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāxiānhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ sin¹ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāxiānhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: basianhua
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-hsien¹-hua¹
    • Yale: bā-syān-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bashianhua
    • Palladius: басяньхуа (basjanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ sin¹ faa¹
    • Yale: baat sīn fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ sin¹ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ xin¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ siːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/

Noun

八仙花

1. Hydrangea macrophylla

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 瑪莉卦／玛莉卦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	仙	花
はつ > はっ Grade: 1	せん Grade: S	か Grade: 1
kan'on	on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

八仙(はっせん) (hassen, “Eight Immortals”) + 花(か) (ka, “flower”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠sːẽ̞ŋka̠]

Noun

八(はっ)仙(せん)花(か) • (hassenka) 

1. Synonym of 紫陽花 (ajisai, “big leaf hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla”)