解語花

Chinese

			flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (解語花)		解語	花
simp. (解语花)		解语	花
Literally: “a flower that is able to speak”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiěyǔhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai² jyu⁵ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiěyǔhuā [Phonetic: jiéyǔhuā]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiěyǔhua
    • Wade–Giles: chieh³-yü³-hua¹
    • Yale: jyě-yǔ-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieeyeuhua
    • Palladius: цзеюйхуа (czejujxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai² jyu⁵ faa¹
    • Yale: gáai yúh fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai² jy⁵ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai² yu⁵ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³⁵ jyː¹³ faː⁵⁵/

Noun

解語花

1. (figurative) beautiful, understanding woman (Classifier: 支 m; 朵 m)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (解語花):

• → Korean: 해어화(解語花) (haeeohwa)

Others:

• → Japanese: 解語の花 (calque)