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插花

插花

Chinese

		insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	flower; blossom; to spend (money, time) flower; blossom; to spend (money, time); fancy pattern
simp. and trad. (插花)		插	花

Noun

插花

ikebana (flower arrangement)

Synonyms

花道 (huādào)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): chāhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄚㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caap³ faa¹
Min Nan (POJ): chhah-hoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: chāhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄚㄏㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahua
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁵⁵ xu̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caap³ faa¹
  - Yale: chaap fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap⁸ faa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑːp̚³ fɑː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhah-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: tshah-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhahhoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)⁵ hue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ hue⁴⁴/