花都

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
trad. (花都)		花	都
simp. ^#(花都)		花	都

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huādū

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄉㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ dou¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hoe-to͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Huādū
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄉㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Huadu
  - Wade–Giles: Hua¹-tu¹
  - Yale: Hwā-dū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huadu
  - Palladius: Хуаду (Xuadu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ dou¹
  - Yale: fā dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ dou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hoe-to͘
  - Tâi-lô: Hue-too
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'dof
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

花都

(poetic) Alternative name for 巴黎 (Bālí, “Paris”).

Etymology 2

From its former name as a county, 花縣／花县 (Huāxiàn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huādū

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄉㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ dou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Huādū
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄉㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Huadu
  - Wade–Giles: Hua¹-tu¹
  - Yale: Hwā-dū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huadu
  - Palladius: Хуаду (Xuadu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ dou¹
  - Yale: fā dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ dou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

花都

(～區, formerly ～市) Huadu (a district and former county-level city in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)

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