菜花

Chinese

		dish (type of food); vegetables	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
simp. and trad. (菜花)		菜	花
anagram		花菜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): càihuā

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ faa¹
Min Nan (POJ): chhài-hoe / chhài-hoa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: càihuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsayhua
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi³ faa¹
  - Yale: choi fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi³ fa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ fɑː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: tshài-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'hoef
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: tshài-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'hoaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ hua⁴⁴/

Noun

菜花

rape flower
(by extension) flower found on leafy vegetables in general
cauliflower
gonorrhea
genital warts
(Kaohsiung and Tainan Hokkien) garlic chives

Synonyms

(cauliflower): 花菜 (huācài), 花椰菜 (huāyēcài)

Derived terms

綠菜花／绿菜花 (lǜcàihuā)

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