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荷花

荷花

Chinese

		peppermint; to carry burden; lotus	flower; blossom; to spend (money, time) flower; blossom; to spend (money, time); fancy pattern
simp. and trad. (荷花)		荷	花

Noun

荷花

lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): héhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ faa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-fâ
Min Nan (POJ): hô-hoa / hô-hoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: héhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herhua
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ xu̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ faa¹
  - Yale: hòh fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ faa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ fɑː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ fa´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² fa¹
  - IPA: /ho¹¹ fa²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hoa / hô-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: hô-hua / hô-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'hoaf, hoi'hoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɤ²⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/, /hɤ²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɤ²⁴⁻²² hua³³/, /hɤ²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɤ¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/, /hɤ¹³⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/, /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/, /hɤ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/