煙花
See also: 烟花
Chinese
[edit]| cigarette; tobacco; smoke | flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (煙花) | 煙 | 花 | |
| simp. (烟花) | 烟 | 花 | |
| Literally: “flowers in smoke”. | |||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yan1 hua1
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jin1 faa1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1i-ho1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yanhua
- Wade–Giles: yen1-hua1
- Yale: yān-hwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianhua
- Palladius: яньхуа (janʹxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: yan1 hua1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ianxua
- Sinological IPA (key): /iɛn⁵⁵ xua⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jin1 faa1
- Yale: yīn fā
- Cantonese Pinyin: jin1 faa1
- Guangdong Romanization: yin1 fa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-hoe
- Tâi-lô: ian-hue
- Phofsit Daibuun: ienhoef
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³ hue³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ing1 huê1 / êng1 huê1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ing hue / eng hue
- Sinological IPA (key): /iŋ³³⁻²³ hue³³/, /eŋ³³⁻²³ hue³³/
- Wu
Noun
[edit]
煙花
- (figuratively) gorgeous spring scene
- (dated, figuratively) place where a female prostitute or performer lives
- (dated) female prostitute or performer
- fireworks
- 1971 January, “附載粦爲仁牧師夫婦合傳”, in 徐松石 [Princeton S. Hsu], editor, 《華人浸信會史錄》 [A History of Chinese Baptist Churches], 第二輯：港澳地區 [Vol. II Hong Kong and Macao Area], Hong Kong: 浸信會出版部 [Baptist Press], page 213:
- 當天會衆舉行宴會，放煙花，提旗列隊遊行，向這位『可敬的牧師』祝壽。 [MSC, trad.]
- Dāngtiān huìzhòng jǔxíng yànhuì, fàng yānhuā, tíqí lièduì yóuxíng, xiàng zhè wèi ‘kějìng de mùshī’ zhùshòu. [Pinyin]
- On that day, the congregation held a banquet, set off fireworks, and walked in a parade with flags to celebrate the birthday of this "respectable pastor".
当天会众举行宴会，放烟花，提旗列队游行，向这位『可敬的牧师』祝寿。 [MSC, simp.]
- 2020 February 7, 小蝶, “農曆新年獅城遊”, in 文匯報 [Wen Wei Po], page A22:
- 飯後一踏到街上，便聽到燒煙花的巨響。可惜兩分鐘的煙花燒完後，紅燈仍未轉綠燈，我們未能來得及過馬路跑到海邊觀看，非常可惜。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- faan6 hau6 jat1 daap6 dou3 gaai1 soeng6, bin6 teng1 dou3 siu1 jin1 faa1 dik1 geoi6 hoeng2. ho2 sik1 loeng5 fan1 zung1 dik1 jin1 faa1 siu1 jyun4 hau6, hung4 dang1 jing4 mei6 zyun2 luk6 dang1, ngo5 mun4 mei6 nang4 loi4 dak1 kap6 gwo3 maa5 lou6 paau2 dou3 hoi2 bin1 gun1 hon3, fei1 soeng4 ho2 sik1. [Jyutping]
- After dinner, once we stepped onto the streets, we heard the loud noise of setting off fireworks. Unfortunately, after the two minutes of fireworks were over, the red light still did not become a green light, so we could not make it across the road to run to the seaside to view the fireworks. What a pity!
饭后一踏到街上，便听到烧烟花的巨响。可惜两分钟的烟花烧完后，红灯仍未转绿灯，我们未能来得及过马路跑到海边观看，非常可惜。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (Mainland China Mandarin, Internet slang, figurative) semen (Used in 放煙花／放烟花 (“to ejaculate; to eject semen”).)
Synonyms
[edit]- (fireworks):
Proper noun
[edit]煙花
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