瓊花

Chinese

		(red stone); beautiful	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (瓊花)		瓊	花
simp. (琼花)		琼	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiónghuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴ faa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khêng-hoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiónghuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyónghua
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-hua¹
    • Yale: chyúng-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyonghua
    • Palladius: цюнхуа (cjunxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: king⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: kìhng fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: king⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ faː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khêng-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: khîng-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qenghoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

瓊花

1. Chinese snowball viburnum (Viburnum macrocephalum f. keteleeri)
2. princess of the night; queen of the night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)

Synonyms

• (princess of the night):

Dialectal synonyms of 曇花 (“Dutchman's pipe cactus; queen of the night”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		曇花
Taxonomic name		曇花
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	曇花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	曇花
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	曇花
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	曇花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	曇花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	曇花
Southern Min	Xiamen	瓊花
	Tainan	瓊花