荷花

Chinese

		peppermint; to carry burden; lotus	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
simp. and trad. (荷花)		荷	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ faa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-fâ
Min Nan (POJ): hô-hoe / hô-hoa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: héhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herhua
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ xu̯a̠⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: héhuār
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herhual
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ xwɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ faa¹
  - Yale: hòh fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ fa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ fɑː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ fa´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² fa¹
  - IPA: /ho¹¹ fa²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: hô-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'hoef
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: hô-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'hoaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/

Noun

荷花

lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)

Derived terms

令箭荷花
荷花出水
荷花大少

荷花燈／荷花灯
荷花玉蘭／荷花玉兰
荷花生日

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