花旦

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	dawn; morning; day-break dawn; morning; day-break; day
trad. (花旦)		花	旦
simp. #(花旦)		花	旦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huādàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hua¹ dan⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ daan^3-2
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'fa¹ dan⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fâ-tan

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fa¹ dan⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): hua¹ dan³
• Northern Min (KCR): huá-dui̿ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): huă-dáng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-tòaⁿ / hoa-tòaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê¹ duan³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ho-te
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fa¹ dan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huādàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huadàn
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-tan⁴
    • Yale: hwā-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huadann
    • Palladius: хуадань (xuadanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ tän⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hua¹ dan⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuadan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xua⁵⁵ tan²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ daan^3-2
    • Yale: fā dáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ daan^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ dan^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ taːn³³⁻³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'fa¹ dan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈfa⁴² tan³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-tan
    • Hakka Romanization System: fa´ dan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ dan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fa²⁴⁻¹¹ tan⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fa¹ dan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tan⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hua¹ dan³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xua¹¹ tæ̃⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huá-dui̿ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xua⁵⁴ tuiŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huă-dáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hua⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɑŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-tòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hue-tuànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'dvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² tuã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ tuã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ tuã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ tuã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-tòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hua-tuànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'dvoax
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² tuã²¹/
    • IPA (Penang): /hua³³⁻²¹ tuã²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê¹ duan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hue tuàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue³³⁻²³ tũã²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ho-te
    • MiniDict: ho^平 te
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ho-te
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ho⁵⁵ te²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fa¹ dan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸa̠³³ tan⁴⁵/

Noun

花旦

1. (opera) one of the main divisions of the 旦 or female role in traditional opera (traditionally the role of a woman of questionable morals, notably a coquettish maidservant or an amorous young woman, bold, seductive, and charming; great emphasis being placed on acting)
2. (by extension) young actress

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 花旦 (“huadan”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		花旦
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	花旦
	Taiwan	花旦
	Harbin	花旦
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	花旦
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	花旦
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	花旦
	Wanrong	花旦
	Xi'an	花旦
	Xining	花旦
	Xuzhou	花旦
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	花旦
	Ürümqi	花旦
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	花旦, 花旦兒
	Wuhan	花旦
	Guiyang	花旦
	Liuzhou	花旦
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	花旦
	Yangzhou	花旦
Cantonese	Hong Kong	花旦
	Dongguan	花旦
Gan	Nanchang	花旦
	Lichuan	花旦
	Pingxiang	花旦
Hakka	Meixian	花旦
	Yudu	小旦
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	花旦
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	花旦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	花旦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	花旦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	花旦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	花旦
Jin	Taiyuan	花旦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	花旦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	花旦
Southern Min	Xiamen	花旦
	Quanzhou	花旦
	Zhangzhou	花旦
	Tainan	花旦
	Penang (Hokkien)	花旦
	Singapore (Hokkien)	花旦
	Chaozhou	花旦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	花旦
Wu	Shanghai	花旦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	花旦
	Suzhou	花旦
	Danyang	花旦
	Hangzhou	花旦
	Ningbo	花旦
	Wenzhou	花旦
	Jinhua	花旦
Xiang	Changsha	花旦
	Loudi	花旦

Derived terms

• 當家花旦／当家花旦 (dāngjiāhuādàn)