花瓶

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	bottle; (a measure word); vase bottle; (a measure word); vase; pitcher
trad. (花瓶)		花	瓶
simp. #(花瓶)		花	瓶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huāpíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуапин (huapin, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ ping⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): fa¹ pin²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fâ-phìn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fa¹ piang²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-pân / hoa-pân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê¹ bang⁵ / huê¹ ping⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ho-bin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāpíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huapíng
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-pʻing²
    • Yale: hwā-píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huapyng
    • Palladius: хуапин (xuapin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (花瓶兒 / 花瓶儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāpíngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄆㄧㄥˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huapíngr
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-pʻing²-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwā-píngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huapyengl
    • Palladius: хуапинр (xuapinr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ pʰiɤ̯̃ɻ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуапин (huapin, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xua²⁴ pʰiŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ ping⁴
    • Yale: fā pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fa¹ pin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fa⁴² pʰin²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-phìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fa^ˊ pin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ pin²
    • Sinological IPA: /fa²⁴ pʰin¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fa¹ piang²
    • Sinological IPA: /fa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pʰiaŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Kaohsiung, Chiayi, Dongshi, Xiyu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-pân
    • Tâi-lô: hue-pân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'paan
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ pan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² pan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ pan²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-pân
    • Tâi-lô: hua-pân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'paan
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² pan¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê¹ bang⁵ / huê¹ ping⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hue pâng / hue phîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵⁵/, /hue³³⁻²³ pʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ho-bin
    • MiniDict: ho^平 bin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ho-bin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ho⁵⁵ bin²¹/

Noun

花瓶

1. vase

   我把花瓶兒給揍了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我把花瓶儿给揍了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ bǎ huāpíngr gěi zòu le. [Pinyin]

   I broke the vase.

2. (figurative, derogatory) any similarly attractive but useless thing, something "purely decorative"
3. (figurative, derogatory) "pretty face": a person who is pretty but otherwise useless, particularly (drama) a young and attractive but untalented actress

Synonyms

• (vase):

Dialectal synonyms of 花瓶 (“vase”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		花瓶, 插瓶
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	花瓶兒
	Taiwan	花瓶
	Singapore	花瓶
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	花瓶
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	花瓶
	Xi'an	花瓶兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	花瓶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	花樽
	Hong Kong	花樽
	Taishan	花樽
Gan	Nanchang	花瓶
	Pingxiang	花瓶
Hakka	Meixian	花瓶, 花樽
	Xingning	花樽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	花罌仔, 花瓶
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	花瓶
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	花瓶
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	花罌仔
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	花罌仔
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	花罌仔
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	花瓶
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	花罌
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	花罌
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	花矸仔, 花罌, 花罌仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	花矸
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	花矸仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	花罌, 花罌仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	花罌
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	花罌, 花罌仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	花罌
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	花罌
Huizhou	Jixi	花瓶
Southern Min	Xiamen	花瓶, 花矸
	Quanzhou	花瓶
	Zhangzhou	花瓶, 櫝瓶
	Zhao'an	花矸
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	花矸, 花瓶
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	花矸
	Kaohsiung	花矸, 花瓶
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	花矸, 花瓶
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	花矸
	Yilan (Toucheng)	花瓶
	Tainan	花矸
	Tainan (Anping)	花矸, 花瓶
	Miaoli (Houlong)	花矸
	Chiayi	花矸, 花瓶
	Chiayi County (Dongshi)	花矸, 花瓶
	Penghu (Xiyu)	花矸, 花瓶
	Penang (Hokkien)	花矸
	Shantou	花瓶, 花樽
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	齋缸
	Jieyang	井缸
Puxian Min	Putian	花斗
	Xianyou	花斗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	花瓶, 花樽
Wu	Shanghai	花瓶
	Suzhou	花瓶
	Hangzhou	花瓶
	Jinhua	花瓶

Derived terms

• 花瓶黨 / 花瓶党 (huāpíngdǎng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (花瓶):

• → Japanese: 花(か)瓶(びん) (kabin)

Proper noun

花瓶

1. (～嶼) Huaping Islet, a pinnacle in the East China Sea administered by Zhongzheng, Keelung, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
花	瓶
か Grade: 1	びん Grade: S
kan'on	tōon

Alternative spelling
花甁 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 花 (MC xwae) and 瓶(びん) (bin, “jar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠bʲĩɴ]
• (Tokyo) かびん [kàbíń] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

花(か)瓶(びん) • (kabin) ^{←くわびん (kwabin)?}

1. (flower) vase

Usage notes

Most common reading.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
花	瓶
か Grade: 1	へい Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
花甁 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 花瓶 (MC xwae beng), using kan'on for the reading of 瓶.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠he̞ː]
• (Tokyo) かへー [kàhéé] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

花(か)瓶(へい) • (kahei) ^{←くわへい (kwafei)?}

1. (rare) (flower) vase

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
花	瓶
はな Grade: 1	かめ > がめ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
花甁 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 花(はな) (hana, “flower”) + 瓶(かめ) (kame, “earthenware pot”). The kame changes to game as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠ɡa̠me̞]
• (Tokyo) はながめ [hànáꜜgàmè] (Nakadaka – [2])

Noun

花(はな)瓶(がめ) • (hanagame) 

1. (flower) vase

References

• “花瓶”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026