花牌

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
trad. (花牌)		花	牌
simp. #(花牌)		花	牌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāpái

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄆㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ paai^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāpái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huapái
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-pʻai²
    • Yale: hwā-pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huapair
    • Palladius: хуапай (xuapaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ paai^4-2
    • Yale: fā páai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ paai^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ pai^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ pʰaːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

花牌

1. flower stand (usually for shop grand openings or funerals)
2. (mahjong) flower tile
3. (games) karuta (a Japanese card game)

Hyponyms

• (mahjong): 梅 (méi), 蘭 / 兰 (lán), 菊 (jú), 竹 (zhú), 春 (chūn), 夏 (xià), 秋 (qiū), 冬 (dōng)

Descendants

• → Japanese: 花牌 (fapai)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	牌
ファ Grade: 1	パイ Hyōgai
irregular

Kanji in this term
花	牌
はな Grade: 1	はい Hyōgai
yutōyomi

Etymology

From Mandarin 花牌 (huāpái).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸa̠pa̠i]

• IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠ha̠i]

Noun

花(ファ)牌(パイ) or 花(はな)牌(はい) • (fapai or hanahai) 

1. (mahjong) flower tile (included in mahjong sets, but not used in Japanese mahjong gameplay)