棉花

Chinese

		cotton	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (棉花)		棉	花
simp. ^#(棉花)		棉	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miánhua

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴ faa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mièn-fâ
Min Nan (POJ): mî-hoe / mî-hoa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: miánhua
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mian.hua
  - IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯a̠³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁴ faa¹
  - Yale: mìhn fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁴ fa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹ fɑː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mièn-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: mienˇ fa´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mian² fa¹
  - IPA: /mi̯en¹¹ fa²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: mî-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mi'hoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: mî-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mi'hoaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/

Noun

棉花

cotton

Derived terms

棉花糖 (miánhuātáng)

棉花雞／棉花鸡 (miánhuājī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (棉花):

Japanese: 綿 (めん)花 (か) (menka)
Korean: 면화 (棉花, myeonhwa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
棉	花
めん Hyōgaiji	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

棉花 (hiragana めんか, rōmaji menka)

Alternative spelling of 綿花: raw cotton, cotton on the bush, a cotton flower

Usage notes

Appears to be less common than the 綿花 spelling.

Korean

Hanja in this term
棉	花

Noun

棉花 • (myeonhwa) (hangeul 면화)

Hanja form^? of 면화 (“cotton”).

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