採花

Chinese

		to pick; to pluck; to collect to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (採花)		採	花
simp. (采花)		采	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎihuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhái-hoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎihuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎihua
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-hua¹
    • Yale: tsǎi-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaehua
    • Palladius: цайхуа (cajxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: tshái-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhay'hoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/

Verb

採花

1. to pick flowers
2. (euphemistic) to break into a house to rape women