花花

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Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (花花)		花	花
simp. ^#(花花)		花	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ faa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fâ-fâ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ho-ho

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huahua
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-hua¹
  - Yale: hwā-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahua
  - Palladius: хуахуа (xuaxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ faa¹
  - Yale: fā fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: fa^ˊ fa^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fa²⁴⁻¹¹ fa²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ho-ho
  - MiniDict: ho^平 ho
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ho-ho
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ho⁵⁵ ho²¹/

Adjective

花花

(literary) good-looking; beautiful; pretty
(literary) bustling; lively; filled with activity
(dialectal) novel; new; original in an interesting way
(Hakka, of vision) blurry

Synonyms

(good-looking):

俊 (jùn)
俊俏 (jùnqiào) (attractive and smart)
俊秀 (jùnxiù)
俊美 (jùnměi) (of a young male)
俏麗／俏丽 (qiàolì) (usually of a female)
奇麗／奇丽 (qílì) (singularly beautiful)
好看 (hǎokàn)
妖嬌／妖娇 (“iau-kiau”) (Hokkien)
姣美 (jiāoměi) (formal, of a face or posture)
妍美 (yánměi) (literary)
嬌豔／娇艳 (jiāoyàn) (delicate and charming)
嬌逸／娇逸 (jiāoyì) (literary, of a young male)
悅目／悦目 (yuèmù)
是樣／是样 (shìyàng) (colloquial)
標緻／标致 (biāozhì) (usually of a woman)
清秀 (qīngxiù)
漂亮
秀媚 (xiùmèi)
秀美 (xiùměi)
秀麗／秀丽 (xiùlì)
綺麗／绮丽 (qǐlì)
繁華／繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
美觀／美观 (měiguān)
美麗／美丽 (měilì)
耐看 (nàikàn)
豔麗／艳丽 (yànlì)
邊式／边式 (biānshi) (regional, of dress, physique, etc.)
體面／体面 (tǐmiàn)
鮮亮／鲜亮 (xiānliàng) (dialectal)
鮮麗／鲜丽 (xiānlì)

(bustling): (regional) 鬧熱／闹热 (nàorè), 熱鬧／热闹 (rènao), 喧鬧 (xuānnào)
(novel):

別致／别致 (biézhì)
新奇 (xīnqí)
新穎／新颖 (xīnyǐng)
新鮮／新鲜 (xīnxiān)
穎異／颖异 (yǐngyì) (formal)
跟尋常不同／跟寻常不同 (gēn xúncháng bùtóng)

Noun

花花

(literary) sing-song girl; woman whose profession involves singing and dancing
(literary or dialectal) child; kid (person who has not yet reached adulthood)

Synonyms

(sing-song girl): 歌伎 (gējì), (literary) 妙音 (miàoyīn)
(child): (literary) 吾子 (wúzǐ), 小孩 (xiǎohái)

Derived terms

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