澆花

See also: 浇花

Chinese

		to water	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (澆花)		澆	花
simp. (浇花)		浇	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāohuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu¹ faa¹ / hiu¹ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāohuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaohua
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-hua¹
    • Yale: jyāu-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiauhua
    • Palladius: цзяохуа (czjaoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: giu¹ faa¹ / hiu¹ faa¹
    • Yale: gīu fā / hīu fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu¹ faa¹ / hiu¹ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu¹ fa¹ / hiu¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/, /hiːu̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/

Verb

澆⫽花 (verb-object)

1. to water flowers

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		澆花
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	澆花
Cantonese	Guangzhou	淋花
	Hong Kong	淋花
	Taishan	淋花
Hakka	Meixian	淋花
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	淋花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	淋花
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	淋花
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	淋花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	淋花, 浴花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	沃花
Southern Min	Xiamen	沃花
	Jinjiang	沃花
	Tainan	沃花
	Manila (Hokkien)	沃花
	Jieyang	沃花
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	沃花

Dialectal synonyms of 澆花 (“to water flowers”) [map]