煙花

See also: 烟花

Chinese

		cigarette; tobacco; smoke	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (煙花)		煙	花
simp. (烟花)		烟	花
Literally: “flowers in smoke”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yānhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ faa¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ian-hoa / ian-hoe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ing¹ huê¹ / êng¹ huê¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹i-ho₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanhua
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-hua¹
    • Yale: yān-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianhua
    • Palladius: яньхуа (janʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹ faa¹
    • Yale: yīn fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: ian-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ienhoaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³ hua³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: ian-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ienhoef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³ hue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ing¹ huê¹ / êng¹ huê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ing hue / eng hue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³³⁻²³ hue³³/, /eŋ³³⁻²³ hue³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹i-ho₁
    • MiniDict: i^平 ho^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹i-ho₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i⁵⁵ ho²¹/

Noun

煙花／烟花 (yānhuā, “fireworks”)

煙花

1. (figuratively) gorgeous spring scene
2. (historical, obsolete, figuratively) place where a female prostitute or performer lives
3. fireworks

   禁止攜帶、燃放煙花爆竹。 [MSC, trad.]
   禁止携带、燃放烟花爆竹。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jìnzhǐ xiédài, ránfàng yānhuā bàozhú. [Pinyin]

   Fireworks prohibited.

   (lit: Carrying and setting off fireworks and firecrackers is prohibited.)

4. (Mainland China Mandarin, Internet slang, figurative) semen (Used in 放煙花／放烟花 (“to ejaculate; to eject semen”).)

Synonyms

• (fireworks):

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• 焰火 (yànhuǒ)
• 煙火／烟火

 

Dialectal synonyms of 焰火 (“fireworks”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		焰火, 煙火, 煙花
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	煙火
	Taiwan	煙火
	Chengde	煙火
	Chifeng	焰火
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	焰火
	Heihe	煙火, 焰火
	Qiqihar	煙火, 焰火
	Harbin	煙火
	Jiamusi	煙火
	Baicheng	焰火
	Changchun	花
	Tonghua	煙火
	Shenyang	煙火, 焰火
	Jinzhou	煙火, 焰火
	Singapore	煙火
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	煙火
	Tangshan	煙火
	Cangzhou	煙火
	Baoding	煙火
	Shijiazhuang	焰火
	Lijin	煙火
	Jinan	煙火
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	煙火
	Dandong	煙火
	Yantai	煙火
	Yantai (Muping)	煙火
	Qingdao	煙火
	Zhucheng	煙火
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	焰火
	Jining	跐嘍花
	Wanrong	火
	Linfen	煙火
	Shangqiu	煙火
	Yuanyang	焰火
	Zhengzhou	煙火
	Xinyang	煙火
	Baihe	焰火
	Xi'an	煙火
	Baoji	煙火, 嗤火
	Tianshui	花
	Xining	花
	Xuzhou	煙火, 煙花
	Fuyang	煙火
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	煙火
	Lanzhou	煙火, 煙花
	Dunhuang	煙火
	Hami	焰火
	Ürümqi	煙火
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	煙火, 煙花兒, 煙花
	Nanchong	煙火, 焰火
	Dazhou	煙火
	Hanyuan	煙火
	Xichang	煙火
	Zigong	煙火
	Chongqing	煙火
	Wuhan	煙火
	Yichang	煙火, 焰火
	Xiangyang	煙火, 焰火
	Tianmen	煙火, 焰火
	Guiyang	煙火
	Zunyi	煙火, 焰火
	Bijie	煙火, 禮花
	Liping	花炮, 炮
	Zhaotong	煙火
	Dali	煙火
	Kunming	煙火, 煙花
	Mengzi	焰火
	Guilin	煙火
	Liuzhou	煙火, 焰火, 花炮
	Nanning (Wuming)	煙花
	Jishou	煙火
	Changde	焰火
	Hanzhong	煙火
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	煙火
	Yangzhou	煙火
	Lianyungang	煙火, 焰火
	Lianshui	煙火
	Nantong	煙火
	Anqing	煙火
	Wuhu	煙火
	Hefei	煙火
	Hong'an	焰火
Cantonese	Guangzhou	煙花
	Hong Kong	煙花
	Dongguan	煙花
Gan	Pingxiang	花炮
Hakka	Meixian	煙花
Huizhou	Jixi	焰火, 花筒
	Shexian	煙火
Jin	Taiyuan	煙火, 焰火
	Yangyuan	煙火, 焰火
	Datong	煙火
	Xinzhou	煙火
	Lüliang (Lishi)	煙火, 焰火
	Changzhi	煙火
	Linhe	煙火
	Jining	煙火
	Hohhot	煙火
	Erenhot	煙火
	Pingshan	煙火
	Zhangjiakou	煙火
	Handan	煙火
	Linzhou	焰火
	Suide	煙火
Northern Min	Jian'ou	花
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	花
Southern Min	Xiamen	煙火
	Quanzhou	煙火
	Zhangzhou	煙火
	Tainan	煙火
	Jieyang	煙火, 火梨
	Singapore (Teochew)	煙火
	Haikou	煙火
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	煙花, 煙火
Wu	Shanghai	煙火
	Suzhou	煙火
	Danyang	煙火, 花
	Hangzhou	煙火
	Ningbo	花筒
	Wenzhou	焰火
	Jinhua	煙火, 煙花
Xiang	Changsha	焰火

Proper noun

煙花

1. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Name of several typhoons:
   1. In-fa (JTWC WP272015); Marilyn
   2. In-fa (JTWC WP092021); Fabian