鹽花

Chinese

		salt	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (鹽花)		鹽	花
simp. (盐花)		盐	花

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieng² hua¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): iam⁵ huê¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yi-ho₁

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ieng² hua¹ [Phonetic: ieng⁵ hua¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: iáng-hua
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛŋ¹³⁻²¹ hua⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ieng² hua¹ [Phonetic: ieng⁵ mua¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛŋ¹³⁻²¹ ^(h-)mua⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iam⁵ huê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâm hue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³/

Note: Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yi-ho₁
    • MiniDict: yi^去 ho^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhi-ho₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²² ho⁴⁴/

Noun

鹽花

1. (Teochew, Wu) salt efflorescence
2. (Puxian Min) small amount of salt

Synonyms

• (salt efflorescence):
  • 鹽霜／盐霜 (yánshuāng)
  • (Hokkien) 鹽鹽／盐盐

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “盐花”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 299.