花和尚

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	preceptor; high priest; head monk preceptor; high priest; head monk; any Buddhist monk
trad. (花和尚/花和尙)		花	和尚/和尙
simp. (花和尚)		花	和尚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāhéshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faa¹ wo⁴ soeng^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fa¹ vo³ siang^5*

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāhéshàng → huāhéshang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄤˋ → ㄏㄨㄚ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huahéshång
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-ho²-shang⁵
    • Yale: hwā-hé-shang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huaher.shanq
    • Palladius: хуахэшан (xuaxɛšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/ → /xu̯ä⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ ʂɑŋ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ wo⁴ soeng^6-2
    • Yale: fā wòh séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ wo⁴ soeng^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ wo⁴ sêng^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ wɔː²¹ sœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fa¹ vo³ siang^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fa³³ vᵘɔ²² siaŋ³²⁻³²⁵/

Noun

花和尚

1. (Buddhism) monk who does not follow Buddhist commandments
2. (Nanjing Mandarin) ladybird; ladybug

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瓢蟲 (“ladybird, ladybug”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瓢蟲
Mandarin	Harbin	花大姐
	Yantai (Muping)	花大姐
	Jinan	花大姐
	Wanrong	花花媳婦
	Xi'an	花裹肚兒
	Ürümqi	花媳婦兒, 花大姐
	Wuhan	花殼子蟲, 殼子蟲
	Chengdu	瓢蟲, 花姑娘兒
	Guiyang	花姑娘
	Liuzhou	瓢蟲
	Yangzhou	瓢蟲, 花烏龜
	Nanjing	花和尚
Cantonese	Dongguan	花姑娘
Hakka	Meixian	花蘿蟲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	花蛄仔
Jin	Taiyuan	花大姐
	Xinzhou	花媳婦兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏龜仔
	Quanzhou	烏龜仔
	Zhangzhou	烏龜仔
	Tainan	珠仔龜 GT
	Chaozhou	紅先生
	Jieyang	紅先生
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	瓢蟲
Wu	Suzhou	花姑娘
	Danyang	花姑娘
	Hangzhou	瓢瓢蟲兒
	Ningbo	瓢蟲
	Jinhua	花烏龜兒, 硬殼蟲
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)