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棉花

棉花

Chinese

		cotton	flower; blossom; to spend (money, time) flower; blossom; to spend (money, time); fancy pattern
simp. and trad. (棉花)		棉	花

Noun

棉花

cotton

Derived terms

棉花糖 (miánhuātáng)

棉花雞／棉花鸡 (miánhuājī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (棉花):

Korean: 면화 (棉花, myeonhwa)

Korean

Hanja in this term
棉	花

Noun

棉花 • ‎(myeonhwa) ‎(hangeul 면화)

Hanja form^? of 면화, “cotton”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): miánhua

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴ faa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mièn-fâ
Min Nan (POJ): mî-hoe / mî-hoa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: miánhua
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mian.hua
  - IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯a̠³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁴ faa¹
  - Yale: mìhn fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴ faa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹ fɑː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mièn-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: mienˇ fa´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mian² fa¹
  - IPA: /mi̯en¹¹ fa²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-hoe / mî-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: mî-hue / mî-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mi'hoef, mi'hoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mi²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/, /mi²⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mi²⁴⁻²² hue³³/, /mi²⁴⁻²² hua³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mi¹³⁻²² hue⁴⁴/, /mi¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/, /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mi²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/, /mi²³⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/
  - Note: mî-hoe - Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan; mî-hoa - Zhangzhou.