花枝招展

Chinese

		flowering branch; spray; beautiful woman	to flutter; to wave; to invite exhibitors
trad. (花枝招展)		花枝	招展
simp. #(花枝招展)		花枝	招展
Literally: “the flowering branches sway and flutter”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāzhīzhāozhǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓ ㄓㄠ ㄓㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ zi¹ ziu¹ zin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāzhīzhāozhǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓ ㄓㄠ ㄓㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huajhihjhaojhǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-chih¹-chao¹-chan³
    • Yale: hwā-jr̄-jāu-jǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajyjaujaan
    • Palladius: хуачжичжаочжань (xuačžičžaočžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ zi¹ ziu¹ zin²
    • Yale: fā jī jīu jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ dzi¹ dziu¹ dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ ji¹ jiu¹ jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siːn³⁵/

Idiom

花枝招展

1. (typically of a woman) gorgeously dressed; all dolled up; seductively dressed