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落花

落花

Chinese

		alight; to fall; to drop (behind) alight; to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	flower; blossom; to spend (money, time) flower; blossom; to spend (money, time); fancy pattern
simp. and trad. (落花)		落	花

Noun

落花

(literary) fallen blossoms; falling blossoms

Derived terms

打了個落花流水／打了个落花流水
流水落花
落花媒人

落花有意，流水無情／落花有意，流水无情 (luòhuā yǒuyì, liúshuǐ wúqíng)
落花流水
落花生 (luòhuāshēng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): luòhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ faa¹
Min Nan (POJ): lak-hoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: luòhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohhua
  - IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ faa¹
  - Yale: lohk fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ faa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² fɑː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lak-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: lak-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lakhoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚³²⁻⁵ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ hue⁴⁴/