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浪花

浪花

Chinese

		wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated	flower; blossom; to spend (money, time) flower; blossom; to spend (money, time); fancy pattern
simp. and trad. (浪花)		浪	花

Noun

浪花

sea spray; spindrift
flower that does not bear fruit

Etymology

浪 (wave) + 花 (flower)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): lànghuā

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁶ faa¹
Min Nan (POJ): lōng-hoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: lànghuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanqhua
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ⁵¹ xu̯a̠⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed) (浪花兒／浪花儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: lànghuār
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanqhual
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ⁵¹ xwɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: long⁶ faa¹
  - Yale: lohng fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁶ faa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²² fɑː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōng-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: lōng-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loxnghoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/