花卉

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	plants
trad. (花卉)		花	卉
simp. ^#(花卉)		花	卉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāhuì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄏㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ wai² / faa¹ wai⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-hùi / hoa-hùi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāhuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄏㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huahuèi
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-hui⁴
  - Yale: hwā-hwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahuey
  - Palladius: хуахуэй (xuaxuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    花卉
    花會 / 花会
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ wai² / faa¹ wai⁵
  - Yale: fā wái / fā wáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ wai² / faa¹ wai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ wei² / fa¹ wei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ wɐi̯³⁵/, /faː⁵⁵ wɐi̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-hùi
  - Tâi-lô: hue-huì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'huix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ hui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hui¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-hùi
  - Tâi-lô: hua-huì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'huix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ hui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ hui¹¹/

Noun

花卉

(botany, collective) flowers and plants (especially ornamental ones)
- 2019, “just carry on”‎^[1]performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:
  
  你我是唯一的花卉　開遍夏季吧 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  你我是唯一的花卉　开遍夏季吧 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  nei⁵ ngo⁵ si⁶ wai⁴ jat¹ dik¹ faa¹ wai², hoi¹ pin³ haa⁶ gwai³ baa⁶ [Jyutping]
  You and I are the only flowers and plants; let's bloom throughout the summer
(painting) traditional Chinese painting of flowers and plants

Synonyms

(plants):

株 (zhū)
植 (zhí) (literary, or in compounds)
植株 (zhízhū)
植物 (zhíwù)
植被 (zhíbèi)
歲物 / 岁物 (suìwù) (literary)
綠色植物 / 绿色植物 (lǜsè zhíwù)
花草 (huācǎo)
草木 (cǎomù)

Derived terms

花卉園 / 花卉园 (huāhuìyuán)
花卉畫 / 花卉画

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	卉
か Grade: 1	き Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠kʲi]

Noun

花(か)卉(き) • (kaki)

flowering plant

Synonyms

草花(くさばな) (kusabana)

Korean

Hanja in this term
花	卉

Noun

花卉 • (hwahwe) (hangeul 화훼)

hanja form^? of 화훼