花瓶
Chinese
    
| flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern | bottle; (a measure word); vase bottle; (a measure word); vase; pitcher | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (花瓶) | 花 | 瓶 | |
| simp. #(花瓶) | 花 | 瓶 | |
Pronunciation
    
Noun
    
花瓶
- vase
- (figurative, derogatory) any similarly attractive but useless thing, something "purely decorative"
- (figurative, derogatory) "pretty face": a person who is pretty but otherwise useless, particularly (drama) a young and attractive but untalented actress
Synonyms
    
- (vase):
Dialectal synonyms of 花瓶 (“vase”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words | 
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 花瓶, 插瓶 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 花瓶兒 | 
| Taiwan | 花瓶 | |
| Jinan | 花瓶 | |
| Luoyang | 花瓶 | |
| Xi'an | 花瓶兒 | |
| Guilin | 花瓶 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 花樽 | 
| Hong Kong | 花樽 | |
| Taishan | 花樽 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 花瓶 | 
| Pingxiang | 花瓶 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 花瓶 | 
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 花盎 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 花盎, 花盎仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 花盎 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 花盎 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 花盎 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 花盎 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 花瓶 | 
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 花瓶, 花矸 | 
| Quanzhou | 花瓶 | |
| Zhangzhou | 花瓶, 櫝瓶 | |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 花矸, 花瓶 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | 花矸 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 花矸, 花瓶 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 花矸 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 花瓶 | |
| Tainan | 花矸 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 花矸, 花瓶 | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 花矸, 花瓶 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 花瓶, 花樽 | 
| Wu | Suzhou | 花瓶 | 
| Hangzhou | 花瓶 | |
| Jinhua | 花瓶 | |
Descendants
    
Proper noun
    
花瓶
- (~嶼) Huaping Islet, a pinnacle in the East China Sea administered by Zhongzheng, Keelung, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Japanese
    
    Etymology 1
    
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 花 | 瓶 | 
| か Grade: 1 | びん Grade: S | 
| kan’on | tōon | 
| Alternative spelling | 
|---|
| 花甁 (kyūjitai) | 
From Middle Chinese 花 (MC hˠua) and 瓶 (bin, “jar”).
Usage notes
    
Most common reading.
Etymology 2
    
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 花 | 瓶 | 
| か Grade: 1 | へい Grade: S | 
| kan’on | |
| Alternative spelling | 
|---|
| 花甁 (kyūjitai) | 
From Middle Chinese 花瓶 (MC hˠua beŋ), using kan'on for the reading of 瓶.
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