石花

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (石花)		石	花
simp. #(石花)		石	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ faa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio̍h-hoe / chio̍h-hoa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhhua
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-hua¹
    • Yale: shŕ-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrhua
    • Palladius: шихуа (šixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶ faa¹
    • Yale: sehk fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² faː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqhoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqhoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/

Note: umutgasari.

Noun

石花

1. flower-like condensate of stalactite water in the form of calcium carbonate
2. a type of tea grown in Sichuan
3. a kind of coral
4. (Korean Classical Chinese) oyster
5. umutgasari; Gelidium amansii (a species of red algae used to make agar)

Synonyms

• (umutgasari): 石花菜 (shíhuācài); (Hokkien) 石花凍／石花冻, 石花膏

Proper noun

石花

1. (～鎮) Shihua (a town in Gucheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)