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flower; blossom; to spend

flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern

bottle; (a measure word); vase

bottle; (a measure word); vase; pitcher

trad. (花瓶)
simp. #(花瓶)

花瓶

  1. vase
    花瓶 [MSC, trad.]
    花瓶 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ bǎ huāpíngr gěi zòu le. [Pinyin]
    I broke the vase.
  2. (figurative, derogatory) any similarly attractive but useless thing, something "purely decorative"
  3. (figurative, derogatory) "pretty face": a person who is pretty but otherwise useless, particularly (drama) a young and attractive but untalented actress
  • (vase):

Dialectal synonyms of 花瓶 (“vase”) [map]

Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 花瓶, 插瓶
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 花瓶兒
Taiwan 花瓶
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 花瓶
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 花瓶
Xi'an 花瓶兒
Southwestern Mandarin Guilin 花瓶
Cantonese Guangzhou 花樽
Hong Kong 花樽
Taishan 花樽
Gan Nanchang 花瓶
Pingxiang 花瓶
Hakka Meixian 花瓶, 花樽
Xingning 花樽
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 花罌仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 花矸仔, 花罌, 花罌仔
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 花矸
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 花矸仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 花罌, 花罌仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 花罌
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 花罌, 花罌仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 花罌
Huizhou Jixi 花瓶
Southern Min Xiamen 花瓶, 花矸
Quanzhou 花瓶
Zhangzhou 花瓶, 櫝瓶
Zhao'an 花矸
New Taipei (Tamsui) 花矸, 花瓶
New Taipei (Pingxi) 花矸
Kaohsiung 花矸, 花瓶
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 花矸, 花瓶
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 花矸
Yilan (Toucheng) 花瓶
Tainan 花矸
Tainan (Anping) 花矸, 花瓶
Penghu (Xiyu) 花矸, 花瓶
Penang (Hokkien) 花矸
Shantou 花瓶, 花樽
Jieyang 井缸
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 花瓶, 花樽
Wu Shanghai 花瓶
Suzhou 花瓶
Hangzhou 花瓶
Jinhua 花瓶

花瓶

  1. (~嶼) Huaping Islet, a pinnacle in the East China Sea administered by Zhongzheng, Keelung, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
びん
Grade: S
kan'on tōon
Alternative spelling
花甁 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC xwae) and (びん) (bin, jar).

()(びん) (kabinくわびん (kwabin)?

  1. (flower) vase

Most common reading.

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
へい
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
花甁 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 花瓶 (MC xwae beng), using kan'on for the reading of .

()(へい) (kaheiくわへい (kwafei)?

  1. (rare) (flower) vase
Kanji in this term
はな
Grade: 1
かめ > がめ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
花甁 (kyūjitai)

Compound of (はな) (hana, flower) + (かめ) (kame, earthenware pot). The kame changes to game as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

(はな)(がめ) (hanagame

  1. (flower) vase