荷花

Chinese

		peppermint; to carry burden; lotus	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (荷花)		荷	花
simp. ^#(荷花)		荷	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): héhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ho² hua¹

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): huóhuǎ

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): hóhuà
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho⁴ faa¹

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): ho⁴ faa¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'ho² fa¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hò-fâ

(Hailu, HRS): ho fa^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): ho² fa¹
Jin (Wiktionary): he¹ hua¹
Northern Min (KCR): ǒ̤-huá
Eastern Min (BUC): hò̤-huă
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hô-hoe / hô-hoa

(Teochew, Peng'im): ho⁵ huê¹
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): ho⁴ waa¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶wu-ho₁ / ²ghu-ho₁ / ⁶ghou₂-ho₁ / ²gho-hua₁ / ²gho-huo₁ / ²ghou-huo₁
- (Jinhua): ²uo-hua₁
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): ho² fa¹

(Loudi, Wiktionary): ghuo² ho^1*

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): ho² fa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héhua
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-hua¹
  - Yale: hé-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herhua
  - Palladius: хэхуа (xɛxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (荷花兒 / 荷花儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héhuār
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héhuar
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-hua¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: hé-hwār
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herhual
  - Palladius: хэхуар (xɛxuar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ho² hua¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xoxua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo²¹ xua⁵⁵/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: huóhuǎ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuo²⁴ xua²¹/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: hóhuà
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): ho² hua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo²⁴ xua³¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ faa¹
  - Yale: hòh fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ faː⁵⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: ho⁴ faa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔ²¹ fa²¹³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'ho² fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈho²⁴ fa⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˇ fa^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² fa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ fa²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho fa^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ho⁵⁵ fa⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ho² fa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ fa⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: he¹ hua¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xɤ¹¹ xua¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǒ̤-huá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔ²¹ xua⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hò̤-huă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ua⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: hô-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'hoef
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: hô-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'hoaf
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ho⁵ huê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô hue
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: ho⁴ waa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho²¹ βa⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶wu-ho₁
  - MiniDict: wu^去 ho^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-ho₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² ho⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ²ghu-ho₁
  - MiniDict: ghu^平 ho^平
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /hɦu²⁴ ho⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ghou₂-ho₁
  - MiniDict: ghou^平 ho^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦəu²³ ho¹¹/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²gho-hua₁
  - MiniDict: gho^平 hua^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɦo²² hua³⁴/
- (Northern: Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ²gho-huo₁
  - MiniDict: gho^平 huo^平
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /ɦo¹¹ huo⁵²/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ²ghou-huo₁
  - MiniDict: ghou^平 huo^平
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɦəu²² huo⁵¹/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ²uo-hua₁
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /uɤ³¹ huɑ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ho² fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo¹³ ɸa̠³³/
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: ghuo² ho^1*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɣʊ¹³ xɔ⁴⁴⁻³³/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: ho² fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɣ̊o¹¹ fä⁴⁴⁵/

Noun

荷花

lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)

Synonyms

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水芝 (shuǐzhī) (literary)
水芙蓉 (shuǐfúróng)
芙蓉 (fúróng)
芙蕖 (fúqú) (literary)
菡萏 (hàndàn) (literary)
蓮 / 莲
蓮花 / 莲花 (liánhuā)
蓮華 / 莲华 (liánhuá) (literary)
藕花 (ǒuhuā)

Dialectal synonyms of 荷花 (“lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		荷, 蓮, 蓮華, 芙蕖, 芙蓉, 菡萏
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		荷花, 蓮花
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	荷花兒, 蓮花兒
	Chengde	荷花兒
	Chifeng	荷花
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	荷花兒
	Heihe	荷花, 蓮花
	Qiqihar	荷花, 蓮花
	Harbin	荷花兒, 荷花, 蓮花兒, 蓮花
	Jiamusi	荷花, 蓮花
	Baicheng	荷花
	Changchun	荷花兒
	Tonghua	荷花
	Shenyang	荷花, 蓮花
	Jinzhou	荷花, 蓮花
	Singapore	荷花, 蓮花
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	荷花
	Tangshan	荷花
	Cangzhou	荷花兒
	Baoding	荷花, 蓮花兒
	Shijiazhuang	荷花
	Lijin	荷花
	Jinan	荷花, 蓮花
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	荷花兒
	Dandong	荷花兒, 蓮花兒
	Yantai	荷花
	Yantai (Muping)	荷花
	Qingdao	荷花
	Zhucheng	荷花
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	荷花兒, 蓮花兒
	Lingbao	蓮花
	Jining	荷花, 蓮花
	Wanrong	蓮花
	Linfen	蓮花
	Shangqiu	蓮花
	Yuanyang	荷花兒, 蓮花兒
	Zhengzhou	蓮花兒
	Xinyang	蓮花
	Baihe	荷花, 蓮花
	Xi'an	蓮花, 荷花
	Baoji	荷花, 蓮花
	Tianshui	蓮花
	Xining	荷花, 蓮花
	Xuzhou	荷花, 蓮花
	Fuyang	荷花
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	荷花, 蓮花
	Lanzhou	荷花, 蓮花
	Dunhuang	荷花, 蓮花
	Hami	荷花
	Ürümqi	荷花
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	荷花, 蓮花, 水芙蓉
	Nanchong	荷花
	Dazhou	荷花
	Hanyuan	荷花
	Xichang	荷花, 蓮花
	Zigong	荷花
	Chongqing	荷花, 蓮花
	Wuhan	荷花, 蓮花
	Yichang	荷花, 蓮花
	Xiangyang	荷花, 蓮花
	Tianmen	荷花, 蓮花
	Guiyang	荷花
	Zunyi	荷花
	Bijie	荷花, 蓮花
	Liping	蓮米花
	Zhaotong	荷花, 蓮花, 藕花
	Dali	荷花
	Kunming	荷花, 蓮花
	Mengzi	荷花
	Guilin	蓮花
	Liuzhou	荷花, 蓮花
	Jishou	荷花
	Changde	荷花
	Hanzhong	荷花, 蓮花, 藕蓮花
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	荷花, 蓮花
	Yangzhou	荷花
	Lianyungang	荷花
	Lianshui	藕花
	Nantong	荷花
	Anqing	荷花
	Wuhu	荷花
	Hefei	荷花
	Hong'an	荷花, 蓮花
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蓮花, 荷花
	Hong Kong	荷花, 蓮花
	Yangjiang	蓮花
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蓮花, 荷花
Gan	Nanchang	荷花, 蓮花
	Lichuan	荷花, 蓮花
	Pingxiang	荷花
Hakka	Meixian	蓮花, 荷花
	Yudu	荷花
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	荷花, 蓮花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	荷花, 蓮花
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	荷花, 蓮花
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	荷花, 蓮花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	荷花, 蓮花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	荷花, 蓮花
Huizhou	Jixi	荷花
Huizhou	Shexian	荷花
Jin	Taiyuan	蓮花, 荷花
	Yangyuan	蓮花
	Datong	蓮花兒
	Xinzhou	蓮花兒
	Lüliang (Lishi)	荷花
	Changzhi	荷花
	Linhe	荷花
	Jining	蓮花兒
	Hohhot	荷花, 蓮花
	Erenhot	荷花兒
	Pingshan	蓮花兒
	Zhangjiakou	荷花, 蓮花
	Handan	荷花, 蓮花, 藕花
	Linzhou	蓮花兒
	Suide	荷花兒, 荷花
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蓮花, 荷花
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蓮花, 荷花
Southern Min	Xiamen	蓮花
	Quanzhou	蓮花
	Zhangzhou	蓮花
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蓮花
	Manila (Hokkien)	蓮花
	Chaozhou	蓮花
	Jieyang	蓮花
	Haikou	蓮花
Puxian Min	Putian	蓮花, 和尚花
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	蓮花
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	蓮花
	Xianyou	蓮花
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蓮花
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蓮花
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	荷花
Wu	Shanghai	荷花
	Shanghai (Chongming)	荷花
	Suzhou	荷花, 蓮花
	Danyang	荷花
	Hangzhou	荷花
	Shaoxing	荷花
	Ningbo	荷花
	Wenzhou	蓮花, 荷花, 蓮子荷花
	Jinhua	荷花
Xiang	Changsha	荷花, 蓮花
	Loudi	荷花, 蓮花
	Shuangfeng	蓮花, 荷花
	Hengyang	荷花

Derived terms

令箭荷花
荷花出水
荷花大少
荷花燈 / 荷花灯
荷花玉蘭 / 荷花玉兰
荷花生日

Proper noun

荷花

(～鎮) Hehua (a town in Yuan'an, Yichang, Hubei, China)