魚花

Chinese

		fish	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (魚花)		魚	花
simp. (鱼花)		鱼	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yúhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): yúhuà

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ faa¹
• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): njyu⁴ waa¹
• Wu (Jinhua, Wugniu): ²ngiu-hua₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúhua
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-hua¹
    • Yale: yú-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhua
    • Palladius: юйхуа (jujxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: yúhuà
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): yu² hua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²⁴ xua³¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: yùh fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ faː⁵⁵/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: njyu⁴ waa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɲy²¹ βa⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ²ngiu-hua₁
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /ŋy³¹ huɑ⁵⁵/

Noun

魚花

1. fish fry; newly hatched fish
2. (Nanjing Mandarin) small fish that are slightly bigger than newly hatched fish

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 魚苗 (“fish fry; newly hatched fish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		魚苗, 魚種, 魚花 Mainland China
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	魚苗兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	魚秧子, 魚秧兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	魚苗兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	魚苗兒
	Xi'an	魚苗兒, 魚秧子 more mature
	Xining	魚苗兒
	Xuzhou	魚苗兒, 魚苗子, 魚秧兒 more mature, 魚秧子 more mature
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	魚苗
	Ürümqi	魚苗兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	魚秧秧 dated or rural, 魚秧秧兒 dated or rural, 魚苗苗, 魚苗苗兒
	Wuhan	魚秧子
	Guiyang	魚苗, 魚秧
	Liuzhou	魚花, 魚秧
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	魚秧, 魚秧子, 魚苗, 魚花 more mature, 火片 more mature
	Yangzhou	小魚花子, 魚花子, 魚秧子 more mature
Cantonese	Guangzhou	魚花
	Dongguan	魚種
Gan	Lichuan	魚苗, 魚花
	Pingxiang	魚苗
Hakka	Meixian	魚花仔
	Yudu	魚苗子
Huizhou	Jixi	魚花, 魚秧
Jin	Taiyuan	魚苗
	Xinzhou	魚苗子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	魚苗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	魚苗, 魚種
Southern Min	Xiamen	魚栽
	Quanzhou	魚栽
	Zhangzhou	魚栽
	Tainan	魚栽 GT
	Jieyang	魚栽, 魚苗
	Leizhou	魚種
	Haikou	魚栽
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	魚花, 魚苗
Wu	Shanghai	魚苗, 魚秧
	Shanghai (Chongming)	魚秧
	Suzhou	魚苗
	Danyang	魚秧, 魚花
	Hangzhou	魚秧兒
	Ningbo	魚秧
	Wenzhou	魚苗
	Jinhua	魚花
Xiang	Changsha	魚苗, 魚秧子
	Loudi	魚秧子