茉莉花

Chinese

jasmine
 
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (茉莉花) 茉莉
simp. #(茉莉花) 茉莉
茉莉花

Pronunciation


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'.].
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: 5meq-li-ho; 5moq-li-ho
      • Sinological IPA (key): /məʔ¹¹ li²² ho²³/, /mʊʔ¹¹ li²² ho²³/
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: mo6 li4 fa1
      • Sinological IPA (key): /mo²⁴ li⁴⁵ ɸa̠³³/

Noun

茉莉花

  1. jasmine flower (genus Jasminum)
    美麗茉莉花 [MSC, trad.]
    美丽茉莉花 [MSC, simp.]
    From: 茉莉花 (Mo Li Hua); circa 18th century ᴄᴇ
    Hǎo yī duǒ měilì de mòlìhuā. [Pinyin]
    What a beautiful jasmine flower!

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
まつ
Jinmeiyō

Jinmeiyō

Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

茉莉 +

Noun

(まつ)()() (matsurika) 

  1. jasmine flower; of the genus Jasminum.

Derived terms

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