茉莉花

Chinese

		Arabian jasmine; a plant with jasmine-like flowers	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (茉莉花)		茉莉	花
simp. ^#(茉莉花)		茉莉	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mòlìhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mo² ni⁴ hua¹

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): mǒlīhuǎ

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): mo̊qlihuà
Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ lei^6-2 faa¹
Gan (Wiktionary): mot⁶ li fa¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ma̍t-li-fâ

(Hailu, HRS): mad^ˋ li^˖ fa^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): mad⁶ li⁴ fa¹
Jin (Wiktionary): mah⁴ li³ hua¹
Northern Min (KCR): mǎ̤-lĭ-huá
Eastern Min (BUC): mĕ̤k^→maĕ̤h-lê-huă / mĕk^→mĕh-lê-huă
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): borh⁷ li⁵ hua¹ / borh⁷ li⁵ huo¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bā-lī-hoe / ba̍k-nī-hoe / bāng-nī-hoe / bāu-mī-hoa

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhag⁸ li⁶ huê¹ / mag⁸ li⁶ huê¹ / muêg⁸ li⁶ huê¹

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): muag⁴ li⁷ hue¹
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): mut⁵ li⁶ waa¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁸meq-li₆-ho₁ / ⁸moq-li₆-ho₁ / ²meq₈-li₆-ho₁ / ²moq₈-li₆-ho₁ / ⁸moq-li₆-hua₁ / ²maq₈-li₆-huo₁
- (Jinhua): ⁸moq-li₆-hua₁
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): mo⁶ li⁴ fa¹

(Loudi, Wiktionary): me⁴ li^4* ho^1*

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mòlìhuā → mòlihuā (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚ → ㄇㄛˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄏㄨㄚ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mòli̊hua
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴-li⁵-hua¹
  - Yale: mwò-li-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh.lihhua
  - Palladius: молихуа (molixua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/ → /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ li¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mo² ni⁴ hua¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: molixua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo²¹ ni²¹³ xua⁵⁵/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: mǒlīhuǎ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo²¹ li⁵⁵ xua²¹/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: mo̊qlihuà
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): moq⁵ li⁰ hua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʔ⁵ li xua³¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mut⁶ lei^6-2 faa¹
  - Yale: muht léi fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ lei^6-2 faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ léi^6-2 fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² lei̯²²⁻³⁵ faː⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mot⁶ li fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɵt̚⁵ li² fa⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ma̍t-li-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: mad li fa^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mad⁶ li⁴ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mat̚⁵ li⁵⁵ fa²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: mad^ˋ li^˖ fa^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /mat² li³³ fa⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mad⁶ li⁴ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mat̚⁵ li⁵³ fa⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mah⁴ li³ hua¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /maʔ² li⁴⁵ xua¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mǎ̤-lĭ-huá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛ²¹ li²⁴ xua⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mĕ̤k^→maĕ̤h-lê-huă / mĕk^→mĕh-lê-huă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /møyʔ⁵⁻²¹ l̃i²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ua⁵⁵/, /mɛiʔ⁵⁻²¹ l̃i²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ua⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: borh⁷ li⁵ hua¹ [Phonetic: borh⁷ li² ua¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo̤̍h-lī-hua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒʔ⁴ li¹¹⁻¹³ ^(h-)ua⁵³³/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: borh⁷ li⁵ huo¹ [Phonetic: borh⁷ li² uo¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒʔ⁴ li¹¹⁻¹³ ^(h-)uo⁵³³/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: borh⁷ li⁵ hua¹ [Phonetic: borh⁷ li² hua¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒʔ⁴ li¹¹⁻¹³ hua⁵³³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: borh⁷ li⁵ hua¹ [Phonetic: borh⁷ li⁵ ua¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒʔ⁴ li²¹ ^(h-)ua⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bā-lī-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: bā-lī-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxlixhoef
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ba²²⁻²¹ li²²⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ba⁴¹⁻²² li⁴¹⁻²² hue³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-nī-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: ba̍k-nī-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bagnixhoef
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bak̚⁴⁻³² nĩ³³⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bak̚⁴⁻³² nĩ²²⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴⁻³² nĩ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāng-nī-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: bāng-nī-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxngnixhoef
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ²²⁻²¹ nĩ²²⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /baŋ³³⁻¹¹ nĩ³³⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ³³⁻²¹ nĩ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāu-mī-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: bāu-mī-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bauxmixhoaf
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bau²²⁻²¹ mĩ²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhag⁸ li⁶ huê¹ / mag⁸ li⁶ huê¹ / muêg⁸ li⁶ huê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ba̍k lĭ hue / ma̍k lĭ hue / mue̍k lĭ hue
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bak̚⁴⁻² li³⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³/, /mak̚⁴⁻² li³⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³/, /muek̚⁴⁻² li³⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³/

Note:

bhag8 li6 huê1 - Chaozhou (Duffus 1883, p. 157, s.v. “jasmin”);
mag8 li6 huê1 - Chaozhou (Chaozhou yin zidian);
muêg8 li6 huê1 - Chaozhou (mogher.com [with the first character as well in literary reading], s.v. “茉” & “莉” & "花”);
muag8 li6 huê1 - Chaoyang, Chenghai, Huilai, Jieyang, Puning, Raoping, Shantou (all from the Chaozhou yin zidian) [These dialects' pronunciation likewise has the first two characters in literary readings, the contrast in vowel between it and the regional capital's last form here being due simply to one of the differences between that dialect's historical phonology and these others'.].

(Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: muag⁴ li⁷ hue¹
- Sinological IPA: /muak̚⁵ li⁵⁵ huɛ³⁵/

Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: mut⁵ li⁶ waa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mut̚²⁴ li²² βa⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ⁸meq-li₆-ho₁
  - MiniDict: meh^入 li^去 ho^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵meq-li₃-ho₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /məʔ¹¹ li²² ho²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦməʔ²² ʔli³³ ho⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸moq-li₆-ho₁
  - MiniDict: moh^入 li^去 ho^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq-li₃-ho₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ li²² ho²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²meq₈-li₆-ho₁
  - MiniDict: meh^入 li^去 ho^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /məʔ²² li³³ ho/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²moq₈-li₆-ho₁
  - MiniDict: moh^入 li^去 ho^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /moʔ²² li³³ ho/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁸moq-li₆-hua₁
  - MiniDict: moh^入 li^去 hua^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /moʔ²² li³⁴ hua⁵³/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ²maq₈-li₆-huo₁
  - MiniDict: mah^入 li^去 huo^平
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /mɐʔ²² li⁴⁴ huo⁵⁵/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ⁸moq-li₆-hua₁
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /moʔ²¹ li⁵³ huɑ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: mo⁶ li⁴ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo²⁴ li⁴⁵ ɸa̠³³/
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: me⁴ li^4* ho^1*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /me̞³⁵ li³⁵⁻⁵ xɔ⁴⁴⁻³³/

Noun

茉莉花

Arabian jasmine flower (Jasminum sambac)
- 好一朵美麗的茉莉花。 [MSC, trad.]
  好一朵美丽的茉莉花。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 茉莉花 (Mo Li Hua); circa 18^th century ᴄᴇ
  Hǎo yī duǒ měilì de mòlìhuā. [Pinyin]
  What a beautiful jasmine flower!

Derived terms

茉莉花茶 (mòlìhuā chá)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茉	莉	花
まつ Jinmeiyō	り Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 茉(まつ)莉(り) (matsuri, “jasmine”) + 花(か) (ka, “flower”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まつりか [màtsúríꜜkà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɨɾʲika̠]

Noun

茉(まつ)莉(り)花(か) or 茉莉花(マツリカ) • (matsurika) ^{←まつりくわ (maturikwa)^?}

Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac
Synonym: 茉莉 (matsuri)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as マツリカ (matsurika).

Derived terms

茉(まつ)莉(り)花(か)茶(ちゃ) (matsurikacha): jasmine flower tea

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲茉^▲莉花”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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