麻花

Chinese

		(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (麻花)		麻	花
simp. #(麻花)		麻	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): máhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): máhua

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máhua
    • Wade–Giles: ma²-hua¹
    • Yale: má-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mahua
    • Palladius: махуа (maxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (麻花兒 / 麻花儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máhuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máhuar
    • Wade–Giles: ma²-hua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: má-hwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mahual
    • Palladius: махуар (maxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: máhua
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma²⁴ xua/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: màh fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹ faː⁵⁵/

Noun

麻花

1. fried dough twist (Classifier: 根 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麻花 (“fried dough twist”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麻花
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	麻花兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	麻花
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	麻花兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	麻花兒
	Xi'an	麻糖, 麻花
	Xining	麻花兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	麻花子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	麻花兒
	Guiyang	麻花
	Liuzhou	麻花
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	麻花
	Yangzhou	麻花子
Gan	Nanchang	麻花
	Pingxiang	麻花絲
Huizhou	Jixi	麵線
Jin	Taiyuan	麻花兒
	Xinzhou	麻花子
Southern Min	Tainan	枷車藤 GT
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	麻花
Wu	Shanghai	脆麻花, 絞連棒
Xiang	Loudi	麻花

Adjective

麻花

1. wearing thin; worn out (of clothes)