聖誕花

Chinese

		birth of a sage, saint, god, emperor, etc.; Christmas	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (聖誕花)		聖誕	花
simp. (圣诞花)		圣诞	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngdànhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ daan³ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngdànhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngdànhua
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-tan⁴-hua¹
    • Yale: shèng-dàn-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqdannhua
    • Palladius: шэнданьхуа (šɛndanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ daan³ faa¹
    • Yale: sing daan fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ daan³ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ dan³ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ taːn³³ faː⁵⁵/

Noun

聖誕花

1. poinsetta

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 一品紅 (“poinsettia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		一品紅, 猩猩木, 聖誕紅, 聖誕花
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	聖誕紅
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	一品紅
Southwestern Mandarin	Nanning (Wuming)	一品紅
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聖誕花
	Hong Kong	聖誕花
	Nanning	一品紅
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聖誕紅
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聖誕紅
Southern Min	Shantou	報年紅
	Shantou (Chenghai)	報年紅
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	報年紅
Wu	Shanghai	象牙紅