曇花

Chinese

		dark clouds	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (曇花)		曇	花
simp. (昙花)		昙	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tánhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴ faa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâm-hoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tánhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tánhua
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²-hua¹
    • Yale: tán-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnhua
    • Palladius: таньхуа (tanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: tàahm fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹ faː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: thâm-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tamhoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam¹³⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 曇花

1. Short for 優曇婆羅花／优昙婆罗花 (yōutánpóluó huā, “cluster fig (Ficus racemosa)”).
2. Dutchman's pipe cactus; queen of the night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)