花枝招展

Chinese

		flowering branch; spray; beautiful woman	to flutter; to wave; to invite exhibitors
trad. (花枝招展)		花枝	招展
simp. ^#(花枝招展)		花枝	招展
Literally: “the flowering branches sway and flutter”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāzhīzhāozhǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄓㄓㄠㄓㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ zi¹ ziu¹ zin²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāzhīzhāozhǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄓㄓㄠㄓㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huajhihjhaojhǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-chih¹-chao¹-chan³
  - Yale: hwā-jr̄-jāu-jǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajyjaujaan
  - Palladius: хуачжичжаочжань (xuačžičžaočžanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ zi¹ ziu¹ zin²
  - Yale: fā jī jīu jín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ dzi¹ dziu¹ dzin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ ji¹ jiu¹ jin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siːn³⁵/

Idiom

花枝招展

(typically of a woman) gorgeously dressed; all dolled up; seductively dressed

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