花卉

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	plants
trad. (花卉)		花	卉
simp. #(花卉)		花	卉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ wai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-hùi / hoa-hùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāhuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huahuèi
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-hui⁴
    • Yale: hwā-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahuey
    • Palladius: хуахуэй (xuaxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 花卉 花會／花会

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ wai²
    • Yale: fā wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ wai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ wei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ wɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-hùi
    • Tâi-lô: hue-huì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'huix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ hui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hui¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-hùi
    • Tâi-lô: hua-huì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'huix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ hui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ hui¹¹/

Noun

花卉

1. (botany, collective) flowers and plants (especially ornamental ones)

   • 你我是唯一的花卉　開遍夏季吧 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     你我是唯一的花卉　开遍夏季吧 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], just carry on

     nei⁵ ngo⁵ si⁶ wai⁴ jat¹ dik¹ faa¹ wai², hoi¹ pin³ haa⁶ gwai³ baa⁶ [Jyutping]

     You and I are the only flowers and plants; let's bloom throughout the summer

2. (painting) traditional Chinese painting of flowers and plants

Synonyms

• (plants):

• 株 (zhū)
• 植 (zhí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 植株 (zhízhū)
• 植物 (zhíwù)
• 植被 (zhíbèi)
• 歲物／岁物 (suìwù) (literary)
• 綠色植物／绿色植物 (lǜsè zhíwù)
• 花草 (huācǎo)
• 草木 (cǎomù)

 

Derived terms

• 花卉園／花卉园 (huāhuìyuán)
• 花卉畫／花卉画

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	卉
か Grade: 1	き Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠kʲi]

Noun

花(か)卉(き) • (kaki) 

1. flowering plant

Synonyms

• 草花(くさばな) (kusabana)

Korean

Hanja in this term
花	卉

Noun

花卉 • (hwahwe) (hangeul 화훼)

1. Hanja form^? of 화훼.