花枝

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	branch; (a measure word)
trad. (花枝)		花	枝
simp. #(花枝)		花	枝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huajhih
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-chih¹
    • Yale: hwā-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajy
    • Palladius: хуачжи (xuačži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāzhīr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huajhihr
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-chih¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwā-jīr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajel
    • Palladius: хуачжир (xuačžir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ zi¹
    • Yale: fā jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 花枝

1. (literary) flowering branch; spray
2. (figuratively) beautiful woman
3. cuttlefish (as a dish)