眼花

Chinese

		eye	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (眼花)		眼	花
simp. #(眼花)		眼	花
anagram		花眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnhua
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-hua¹
    • Yale: yǎn-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanhua
    • Palladius: яньхуа (janʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ faa¹
    • Yale: ngáahn fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ faː⁵⁵/

Adjective

眼花

1. dim-sighted; dull-eyed

   令人睇到眼花 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   ling⁶ jan⁴ tai² dou³ ngaan⁵ faa¹ [Jyutping]

   straining the eyes

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 目花, 目睭花

Descendants

• → Lingao: da¹ hua¹ (partial calque)
• → Zhuang: dava (partial calque)