窗花

Chinese

		shutter; window	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (窗花)		窗	花
simp. #(窗花)		窗	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuānghuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹ faa¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thang-hoe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): têng¹ huê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuānghuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuanghua
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuang¹-hua¹
    • Yale: chwāng-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanghua
    • Palladius: чуанхуа (čuanxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng¹ faa¹
    • Yale: chēung fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thang-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: thang-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tanghoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaŋ³³ hue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: têng¹ huê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: theng hue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰeŋ³³⁻²³ hue³³/

Noun

窗花

1. (Mainland China, Taiwan) papercut for window decoration
2. (Hong Kong) grill attached to windows

Derived terms

• 鐵窗花 / 铁窗花 (tiěchuānghuā)