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葵花

葵花

Chinese

		sunflower	flower; blossom; to spend (money, time) flower; blossom; to spend (money, time); fancy pattern
simp. and trad. (葵花)		葵	花

Noun

葵花

sunflower

Synonyms

日頭花／日头花 (rìtóuhuā)
向日葵 (xiàngrìkuí)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kuíhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴ faa¹
Min Nan (POJ): kûi-hoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kuíhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kweihua
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xu̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwai⁴ faa¹
  - Yale: kwàih fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴ faa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹ fɑː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kûi-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: kuî-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kui'hoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kui²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui¹³⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/