花瓶
Chinese
flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern |
bottle; (a measure word); vase bottle; (a measure word); vase; pitcher | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (花瓶) | 花 | 瓶 | |
| simp. #(花瓶) | 花 | 瓶 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
花瓶
- vase
- (figurative, derogatory) any similarly attractive but useless thing, something "purely decorative"
- (figurative, derogatory) "pretty face": a person who is pretty but otherwise useless, particularly (drama) a young and attractive but untalented actress
Synonyms
- (vase):
Dialectal synonyms of 花瓶 (“vase”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 花瓶, 插瓶 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 花瓶兒 |
| Taiwan | 花瓶 | |
| Jinan | 花瓶 | |
| Luoyang | 花瓶 | |
| Xi'an | 花瓶兒 | |
| Guilin | 花瓶 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 花樽 |
| Hong Kong | 花樽 | |
| Taishan | 花樽 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 花瓶 |
| Pingxiang | 花瓶 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 花瓶, 花樽 |
| Xingning | 花樽 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 花罌仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 花矸仔, 花罌, 花罌仔 | |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 花矸 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 花矸仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 花罌, 花罌仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 花罌 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 花罌, 花罌仔 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 花罌 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 花瓶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 花瓶, 花矸 |
| Quanzhou | 花瓶 | |
| Zhangzhou | 花瓶, 櫝瓶 | |
| Zhao'an | 花矸 | |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 花矸, 花瓶 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | 花矸 | |
| Kaohsiung | 花矸, 花瓶 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 花矸, 花瓶 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 花矸 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 花瓶 | |
| Tainan | 花矸 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 花矸, 花瓶 | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 花矸, 花瓶 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 花矸 | |
| Shantou | 花瓶, 花樽 | |
| Jieyang | 井缸 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 花瓶, 花樽 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 花瓶 |
| Suzhou | 花瓶 | |
| Hangzhou | 花瓶 | |
| Jinhua | 花瓶 | |
Descendants
Proper noun
花瓶
- (~嶼) Huaping Islet, a pinnacle in the East China Sea administered by Zhongzheng, Keelung, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 花 | 瓶 |
| か Grade: 1 |
びん Grade: S |
| kan’on | tōon |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 花甁 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 花 (MC xwae) and 瓶 (bin, “jar”).
Usage notes
Most common reading.
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 花 | 瓶 |
| か Grade: 1 |
へい Grade: S |
| kan’on | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 花甁 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 花瓶 (MC xwae beng), using kan'on for the reading of 瓶.
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