校花

Chinese

		school; proofread; to check school; proofread; to check; to compare	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (校花)		校	花
simp. #(校花)		校	花
Literally: “flower of the school”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàohuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ faa¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-hoa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hao⁶ huê¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶yau-ho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàohuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàohua
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-hua¹
    • Yale: syàu-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawhua
    • Palladius: сяохуа (sjaoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàohuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàohuar
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-hua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: syàu-hwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawhual
    • Palladius: сяохуар (sjaoxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau⁶ faa¹
    • Yale: haauh fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao⁶ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²² faː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxhoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hau²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² hua³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hao⁶ huê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hău hue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau³⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yau-ho
    • MiniDict: yau^去 ho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhiau-ho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɔ²² ho⁴⁴/

Noun

校花

1. the most beautiful girl in the school or on the campus; campus belle; school babe (Classifier: 朵 m)

See also

• 校草 (xiàocǎo, “[school-grass] the most handsome guy in the school”)
• 班花 (bānhuā, “[class-flower] the most beautiful girl in the class”)
• Korean equivalent: 캠퍼스 퀸 (kaempeoseu kwin, “campus queen”)