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香花

香花

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savory fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	flower; blossom; to spend (money, time) flower; blossom; to spend (money, time); fancy pattern
simp. and trad. (香花)		香	花

Noun

香花

fragrant flowers
(figuratively) views, opinions, writings, artistic work, etc. useful to the people

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiāng'àn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ on³
Min Nan (POJ): hiong-hoa / hiang-hoa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāng'àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangann
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ˀa̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ on³
  - Yale: hēung on
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ on³
  - IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ ɔːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: hiong-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hionghoaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ hua³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiang-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: hiang-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hianghoaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/