百花

Chinese

		hundred	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (百花)		百	花
simp. #(百花)		百	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎihuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ faa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pak-fâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pah-hoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎihuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎihua
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-hua¹
    • Yale: bǎi-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baehua
    • Palladius: байхуа (bajxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ faa¹
    • Yale: baak fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ faː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pak-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: bag^ˋ fa^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bag⁵ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pak̚² fa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pah-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: pah-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pahhoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa(ʔ)⁵ hue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ hue⁴⁴/

Adjective

百花

1. (literary) decorated with flowery designs

Noun

百花

1. (literary) multiple varieties of flowers

Derived terms

• 百花娘子
• 百花曆 / 百花历
• 百花洲
• 百花潭
• 百花爭妍 / 百花争妍 (bǎihuāzhēngyán)
• 百花爭豔 / 百花争艳 (bǎihuāzhēngyàn)
• 百花王
• 百花生日
• 百花盛開 / 百花盛开
• 百花酒
• 百花錦蛇 / 百花锦蛇 (bǎihuā jǐnshé)
• 百花齊放 / 百花齐放 (bǎihuāqífàng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (百花):

• → Japanese: 百花(ひゃっか) (hyakka)
• → Korean: 백화(百花) (baekhwa)
• → Vietnamese: Bách hoa (百花)