曇花

Chinese

		dark clouds	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (曇花)		曇	花
simp. (昙花)		昙	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tánhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴ faa¹ / taan⁴ faa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thàm-fâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâm-hoa / thâm-hoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tánhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tánhua
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²-hua¹
    • Yale: tán-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnhua
    • Palladius: таньхуа (tanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam⁴ faa¹ / taan⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: tàahm fā / tàahn fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴ faa¹ / taan⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴ fa¹ / tan⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹ faː⁵⁵/, /tʰaːn²¹ faː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thàm-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: tam^ˇ fa^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tam² fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰam¹¹ fa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: thâm-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tamhoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: thâm-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tamhoef
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

曇花

1. Dutchman's pipe cactus; queen of the night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
2. Short for 優曇婆羅花／优昙婆罗花 (yōutánpóluó huā, “cluster fig (Ficus racemosa)”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 曇花 (“Dutchman's pipe cactus; queen of the night”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		曇花
Taxonomic name		曇花
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	曇花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	曇花
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	曇花
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	曇花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	曇花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	曇花
Southern Min	Xiamen	瓊花
	Tainan	瓊花

Derived terms

• 曇花一現 / 昙花一现 (tánhuāyīxiàn)