荷花

Chinese

		peppermint; to carry burden; lotus	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (荷花)		荷	花
simp. #(荷花)		荷	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ faa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-fâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-hoe / hô-hoa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héhua
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-hua¹
    • Yale: hé-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herhua
    • Palladius: хэхуа (xɛxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héhuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héhuar
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-hua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: hé-hwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herhual
    • Palladius: хэхуар (xɛxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: hòh fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ faː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ fa´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho² fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ fa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: hô-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'hoef
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: hô-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'hoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 荷花

1. lotus (flower) (Nelumbo nucifera)

Synonyms

• 蓮花／莲花 (liánhuā)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 荷花

1. (～鎮) Hehua (a town in Yuan'an, Yichang, Hubei, China)

(deprecated template usage)