曇花

Chinese

		dark clouds	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (曇花)		曇	花
simp. (昙花)		昙	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tánhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴ faa¹, taan⁴ faa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thàm-fâ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâm-hoa / thâm-hoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tánhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tánhua
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan²-hua¹
  - Yale: tán-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnhua
  - Palladius: таньхуа (tanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam⁴ faa¹, taan⁴ faa¹
  - Yale: tàahm fā, tàahn fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴ faa¹, taan⁴ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴ fa¹, tan⁴ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹ faː⁵⁵/, /tʰaːn²¹ faː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thàm-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: tamˇ fa´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tam² fa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰam¹¹ fa²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: thâm-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tamhoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: thâm-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tamhoef
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

曇花

Dutchman's pipe cactus; queen of the night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
Short for 優曇婆羅花／优昙婆罗花 (yōutánpóluó huā, “cluster fig (Ficus racemosa)”).

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

曇花一現／昙花一现 (tánhuāyīxiàn)

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