花車

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (花車)		花	車
simp. (花车)		花	车

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāchē

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄔㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ ce¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-chhia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāchē
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huache
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-chʻê¹
    • Yale: hwā-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huache
    • Palladius: хуачэ (xuačɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ ce¹
    • Yale: fā chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ cé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-chhia
    • Tâi-lô: hue-tshia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoechiaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ t͡sʰia³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

Noun

花車

1. festooned vehicle

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
花	車
きゃ Grade: 1	しゃ Grade: 1
irregular	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 花車 – see the following entry.

【華奢きゃしゃ】 [adjective] delicate, slender, dainty [adjective] fragile, frail

(This term, 花車, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
花	車
だ Grade: 1	し Grade: 1
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

For pronunciation and definitions of 花車 – see the following entry: 山車

(The following entry is uncreated: 山車.)