名花

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (名花)		名	花
simp. #(名花)		名	花
anagram		花名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínghuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínghuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínghua
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-hua¹
    • Yale: míng-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minghua
    • Palladius: минхуа (minxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínghuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínghuar
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-hua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: míng-hwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minghual
    • Palladius: минхуар (minxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/

Noun

名花

1. famous flower; beautiful flower
2. (figurative) famed beauty; belle
3. (figurative, historical) courtesan; social butterfly

Derived terms

• 名花有主 (mínghuāyǒuzhǔ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	花
めい Grade: 1	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めーか [méꜜèkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːka̠]

Noun

名(めい)花(か) • (meika) ^{←めいくわ (meikwa)?}

1. beautiful or famous flower
2. (figurative) beautiful woman, noted beauty