春仔花

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (春仔花)		春	仔	花
simp. #(春仔花)		春	仔	花

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): ché̤ng-ciě-huá
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-á-hoe / chhun-á-hoa

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ché̤ng-ciě-huá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴ t͡siɛ²¹ xua⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-á-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: tshun-á-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhun'afhoef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-á-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: tshun-á-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhun'afhoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua⁴⁴/

Note:

• Zhangzhou:
  • chhun-仔-hoe - “small flower”.

Noun

春仔花

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) China rose (Rosa chinensis)
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) small flower, especially made of red silk, inserted in a woman's hair bun during joyous occasions (used to express joy and good fortune)
3. (Northern Min) azalea

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 月季 (“China rose”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		月季, 月季花, 月月紅
Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	月季花兒, 月季
	Jinan	月季
	Luoyang	月季花兒
	Wanrong	月季花
	Ürümqi	月菊花兒
	Chengdu	月月開, 月月紅, 月季, 月季花
	Guiyang	四季花, 月月紅
	Nanjing	月季, 月季花, 月月紅
Cantonese	Guangzhou	月月紅, 月季花
	Dongguan	月季
Gan	Pingxiang	月月紅
Hakka	Meixian	月季花
	Yudu	月月紅
Huizhou	Jixi	月季花
Jin	Taiyuan	月季
Southern Min	Xiamen	月月紅, 春仔花, 寶相, 日日春
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	綢春
	Zhangzhou	日日春
Central Min	Yong'an	月季花
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	月季花
Wu	Shanghai	月季花
	Suzhou	月季
	Ningbo	月季
	Wenzhou	月月紅

• (small flower): (Hokkien) 春花, 富貴春／富贵春, 扎花
• (azalea): 杜鵑花／杜鹃花 (dùjuānhuā), 躑躅／踯躅 (zhízhú); (Xiang) 映山紅／映山红