澆花

See also: 浇花

Chinese

		to water	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (澆花)		澆	花
simp. (浇花)		浇	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāohuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu¹ faa¹ / hiu¹ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāohuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaohua
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-hua¹
    • Yale: jyāu-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiauhua
    • Palladius: цзяохуа (czjaoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: giu¹ faa¹ / hiu¹ faa¹
    • Yale: gīu fā / hīu fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu¹ faa¹ / hiu¹ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu¹ fa¹ / hiu¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/, /hiːu̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/

Verb

澆⫽花 (verb-object)

1. to water flowers

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 澆花 (“to water flowers”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		澆花
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	澆花
Cantonese	Guangzhou	淋花
	Hong Kong	淋花
	Taishan	淋花
Hakka	Meixian	淋花
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	淋花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	淋花
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	淋花
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	淋花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	淋花, 浴花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	沃花
Southern Min	Xiamen	沃花
	Jinjiang	沃花
	Tainan	沃花
	Manila (Hokkien)	沃花
	Jieyang	沃花
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	沃花