花萼

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	stem and calyx of flower
trad. (花萼)		花	萼
simp. #(花萼)		花	萼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huā'è

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ ngok⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fa¹ ngog⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoa-go̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huā'è
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hua-è
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-o⁴
    • Yale: hwā-è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huaeh
    • Palladius: хуаэ (xuae)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ ngok⁶
    • Yale: fā ngohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ ngok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ ngog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ ŋɔːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fa¹ ngog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /fa⁴⁴ ŋɔk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-go̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hua-go̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'gok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hua³³ ɡɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² ɡɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² ɡɔk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xwae ngak

Rime
Character	花	萼
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	呼瓜切	五各切
Baxter	xwae	ngak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠua/	/ŋɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚa/	/ŋɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xua/	/ŋɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaɨ/	/ŋak̚/
Li Rong	/xua/	/ŋɑk̚/
Wang Li	/xwa/	/ŋɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwa/	/ŋɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huā	è
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faa1	ngok6

Noun

花萼

1. (botany) calyx

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 花跤