花姑娘兒

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	daughter
trad. (花姑娘兒)		花	姑娘兒
simp. (花姑娘儿)		花	姑娘儿
alternative forms		花姑孃兒／花姑娘儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hua¹ gu¹ niangr¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hua¹ gu¹ niangr¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xua⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵ niɚ⁵⁵/

Noun

花姑娘兒

1. (Sichuanese) ladybird; ladybug

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瓢蟲 (“ladybird, ladybug”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瓢蟲
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	花大姐, 花布手巾
	Taiwan	瓢蟲
	Harbin	花大姐
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	花大姐
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	花大姐
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	花花媳婦
	Xi'an	花裹肚兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	花媳婦兒, 花大姐
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	瓢蟲, 花姑娘兒
	Wuhan	花殼子蟲, 殼子蟲
	Guiyang	花姑娘
	Liuzhou	瓢蟲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	花和尚
	Yangzhou	瓢蟲, 花烏龜
Cantonese	Dongguan	花姑娘
Hakka	Meixian	花蘿蟲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	花蛄仔
Jin	Taiyuan	花大姐
	Xinzhou	花媳婦兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏龜仔
	Quanzhou	烏龜仔
	Zhangzhou	烏龜仔
	Tainan	珠仔龜 GT
	Chaozhou	紅先生
	Jieyang	紅先生
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	瓢蟲
Wu	Suzhou	花姑娘
	Danyang	花姑娘
	Hangzhou	瓢瓢蟲兒
	Ningbo	瓢蟲
	Jinhua	花烏龜兒, 硬殼蟲
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)