樓花

Chinese

		house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (樓花)		樓	花
simp. (楼花)		楼	花
anagram		花樓／花楼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóuhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ faa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâu-hoe / lâu-hoa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóuhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóuhua
    • Wade–Giles: lou²-hua¹
    • Yale: lóu-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: louhua
    • Palladius: лоухуа (louxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóuhuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóuhuar
    • Wade–Giles: lou²-hua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: lóu-hwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: louhual
    • Palladius: лоухуар (louxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: làuh fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ faː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: lâu-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lau'hoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: lâu-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lau'hoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/

Noun

樓花

1. building that is put up for sale before construction is completed

   預售樓花／预售楼花  ―  yùshòu lóuhuā  ―  pre-sale of uncompleted apartments