瓊花

Chinese

		(red stone); beautiful	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (瓊花)		瓊	花
simp. (琼花)		琼	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiónghuā

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴ faa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khêng-hoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiónghuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyónghua
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-hua¹
  - Yale: chyúng-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyonghua
  - Palladius: цюнхуа (cjunxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: king⁴ faa¹
  - Yale: kìhng fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: king⁴ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ faː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khêng-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: khîng-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qenghoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

瓊花

Synonyms

(princess of the night):

Dialectal synonyms of 曇花 (“Dutchman's pipe cactus; queen of the night”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		曇花
Taxonomic name		曇花
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	曇花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	曇花
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	曇花
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	曇花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	曇花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	曇花
Southern Min	Xiamen	瓊花
Southern Min	Tainan	瓊花

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