花都

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
trad. (花都)		花	都
simp. #(花都)		花	都

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huādū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ dou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hoe-to͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huādū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huadu
    • Wade–Giles: Hua¹-tu¹
    • Yale: Hwā-dū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huadu
    • Palladius: Хуаду (Xuadu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ dou¹
    • Yale: fā dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hoe-to͘
    • Tâi-lô: Hue-too
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'dof
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

花都

1. (poetic) Alternative name for 巴黎 (Bālí, “Paris”).

Etymology 2

From its former name as a county, 花縣／花县 (Huāxiàn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huādū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ dou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huādū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huadu
    • Wade–Giles: Hua¹-tu¹
    • Yale: Hwā-dū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huadu
    • Palladius: Хуаду (Xuadu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ dou¹
    • Yale: fā dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

花都

1. (～區, formerly ～市) Huadu (a district and former county-level city in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)