梨花
Chinese
| pear | flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (梨花) | 梨 | 花 | |
| simp. #(梨花) | 梨 | 花 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: líhuā
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: líhua
- Wade–Giles: li2-hua1
- Yale: lí-hwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihua
- Palladius: лихуа (lixua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lei4 faa1
- Yale: lèih fā
- Cantonese Pinyin: lei4 faa1
- Guangdong Romanization: léi4 fa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lei̯²¹ faː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: lij xwae
Noun
梨花
- pear blossom
- 忽如一夜春風來,千樹萬樹梨花開。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 8th century, 岑參 (Cen Shen), 白雪歌送武判官歸京 (A Song of White Snow in Farewell to Field-clerk Wu Going Home); translated by Witter Bynner
- Hū rú yī yè chūnfēng lái, qiān shù wàn shù líhuā kāi. [Pinyin]
- Is like a spring gale, come up in the night,
Blowing open the petals of ten thousand peartrees.
忽如一夜春风来,千树万树梨花开。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 梨 | 花 |
| り Grade: 4 |
か Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
Proper noun
- a female given name