茉莉花

Chinese

		Arabian jasmine; a plant with jasmine-like flowers	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (茉莉花)		茉莉	花
simp. #(茉莉花)		茉莉	花

茉莉花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòlìhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ lei^6-2 faa¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): mot⁶ li fa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ma̍t-li-fâ
• Jin (Wiktionary): mah⁴ li³ hua¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): mĕ̤k^→maĕ̤h-lê-huă / mĕk^→mĕh-lê-huă
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bā-lī-hoe / ba̍k-nī-hoe / bāng-nī-hoe / bāu-mī-hoa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhag⁸ li⁶ huê¹ / mag⁸ li⁶ huê¹ / muêg⁸ li⁶ huê¹

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸meq-li-ho; ⁸moq-li-ho / ⁸meq-li₆-ho₁
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mo⁶ li⁴ fa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòlìhuā → mòlihuā (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚ → ㄇㄛˋ ˙ㄌㄧ ㄏㄨㄚ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòli̊hua
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-li⁵-hua¹
    • Yale: mwò-li-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh.lihhua
    • Palladius: молихуа (molixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/ → /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ li¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut⁶ lei^6-2 faa¹
    • Yale: muht léi fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ lei^6-2 faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ léi^6-2 fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² lei̯²²⁻³⁵ faː⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mot⁶ li fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɵt̚⁵ li² fa⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ma̍t-li-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: mad li fa^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mad⁶ li⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mat̚⁵ li⁵⁵ fa²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mah⁴ li³ hua¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /maʔ² li⁴⁵ xua¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mĕ̤k^→maĕ̤h-lê-huă / mĕk^→mĕh-lê-huă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /møyʔ⁵⁻²¹ l̃i²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ua⁵⁵/, /mɛiʔ⁵⁻²¹ l̃i²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ua⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bā-lī-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: bā-lī-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxlixhoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ba²²⁻²¹ li²²⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ba⁴¹⁻²² li⁴¹⁻²² hue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-nī-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍k-nī-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bagnixhoef
    • IPA (Taipei): /bak̚⁴⁻³² nĩ³³⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bak̚⁴⁻³² nĩ²²⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴⁻³² nĩ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāng-nī-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: bāng-nī-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxngnixhoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ²²⁻²¹ nĩ²²⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /baŋ³³⁻¹¹ nĩ³³⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ³³⁻²¹ nĩ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāu-mī-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: bāu-mī-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bauxmixhoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bau²²⁻²¹ mĩ²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhag⁸ li⁶ huê¹ / mag⁸ li⁶ huê¹ / muêg⁸ li⁶ huê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ba̍k lĭ hue / ma̍k lĭ hue / mue̍k lĭ hue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bak̚⁴⁻² li³⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³/, /mak̚⁴⁻² li³⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³/, /muek̚⁴⁻² li³⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³/

Note:

• bhag8 li6 huê1 - Chaozhou (Duffus 1883, p. 157, s.v. “jasmin”);
• mag8 li6 huê1 - Chaozhou (Chaozhou yin zidian);
• muêg8 li6 huê1 - Chaozhou (mogher.com [with the first character as well in literary reading], s.v. “茉” & “莉” & "花”);
• muag8 li6 huê1 - Chaoyang, Chenghai, Huilai, Jieyang, Puning, Raoping, Shantou (all from the Chaozhou yin zidian) [These dialects' pronunciation likewise has the first two characters in literary readings, the contrast in vowel between it and the regional capital's last form here being due simply to one of the differences between that dialect's historical phonology and these others'.].

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸meq-li-ho; ⁸moq-li-ho
    • MiniDict: meh^入 li ho; moh^入 li ho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵meq-li-ho; ⁵moq-li-ho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /məʔ¹¹ li²² ho²³/, /moʔ¹¹ li²² ho²³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁸meq-li₆-ho₁
    • MiniDict: meh^入 li^去 ho^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /məʔ²² li⁵² ho³³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: mo⁶ li⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo²⁴ li⁴⁵ ɸa̠³³/

Noun

茉莉花

1. Arabian jasmine flower (Jasminum sambac)

   • 好一朵美麗的茉莉花。 [MSC, trad.]
     好一朵美丽的茉莉花。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 茉莉花 (Mo Li Hua); circa 18^th century ᴄᴇ

     Hǎo yī duǒ měilì de mòlìhuā. [Pinyin]

     What a beautiful jasmine flower!

Derived terms

• 茉莉花茶 (mòlìhuā chá)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茉	莉	花
まつ Jinmeiyō	り Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

茉莉(まつり) (matsuri, “jasmine”) + 花(か) (ka, “flower”)

Noun

茉(まつ)莉(り)花(か) or 茉莉花(マツリカ) • (matsurika) 

1. Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac

   Synonym: 茉莉 (matsuri)

Derived terms

• 茉莉花茶(まつりかちゃ) (matsurikacha): jasmine flower tea