花瓶

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	bottle; (a measure word); vase bottle; (a measure word); vase; pitcher
trad. (花瓶)		花	瓶
simp. ^#(花瓶)		花	瓶

Wikipedia has articles on:

Hoe-pân (Southern Min)
花瓶 (Wu)
花瓶 (Cantonese)
花瓶 (Written Standard Chinese^?)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): huāpíng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄆㄧㄥˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуапин (huapin, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ ping⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): fa¹ pin²
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fa¹ piang²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoe-pân / hoa-pân

(Teochew, Peng'im): huê¹ bang⁵ / huê¹ ping⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ho-bin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāpíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄆㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huapíng
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-pʻing²
  - Yale: hwā-píng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huapyng
  - Palladius: хуапин (xuapin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (花瓶兒／花瓶儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāpíngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄆㄧㄥˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huapíngr
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-pʻing²-ʼrh
  - Yale: hwā-píngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huapyengl
  - Palladius: хуапинр (xuapinr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ pʰiɤ̯̃ɻ³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуапин (huapin, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xua²⁴ pʰiŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ ping⁴
  - Yale: fā pìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ ping⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ ping⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: fa¹ pin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fa⁴² pʰin²⁴/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fa¹ piang²
  - Sinological IPA: /fa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pʰiaŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-pân
  - Tâi-lô: hue-pân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'paan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ pan²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² pan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ pan²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ pan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-pân
  - Tâi-lô: hua-pân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'paan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² pan¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huê¹ bang⁵ / huê¹ ping⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hue pâng / hue phîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵⁵/, /hue³³⁻²³ pʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ho-bin
  - MiniDict: ho^平 bin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ho-bin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ho⁵⁵ bin²¹/

Noun

花瓶

vase
我把花瓶兒給揍了。 [MSC, trad.]
我把花瓶儿给揍了。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ bǎ huāpíngr gěi zòu le. [Pinyin]
I broke the vase.
(figurative, derogatory) any similarly attractive but useless thing, something "purely decorative"
(figurative, derogatory) "pretty face": a person who is pretty but otherwise useless, particularly (drama) a young and attractive but untalented actress

Synonyms

(vase):

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		花瓶, 插瓶
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	花瓶兒
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	花瓶
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	花瓶
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	花瓶
Central Plains Mandarin	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
Gan	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

Derived terms

花瓶黨／花瓶党 (huāpíngdǎng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (花瓶):

→ Japanese: 花(か)瓶(びん) (kabin)

Proper noun

花瓶

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

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
花	瓶
か Grade: 1	びん Grade: S
kan'on	tōon

Alternative spelling
花甁 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 花 (MC xwae) and 瓶(びん) (bin, “jar”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かびん [kàbíń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ka̠bʲĩɴ]

Noun

花(か)瓶(びん) • (kabin) ^{←くわびん (kwabin)^?}

(flower) vase

Usage notes

Most common reading.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
花	瓶
か 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 瓶.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かへー [kàhéé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ka̠he̞ː]

Noun

花(か)瓶(へい) • (kahei) ^{←くわへい (kwafei)^?}

(rare) (flower) vase

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
花	瓶
はな Grade: 1	かめ > がめ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
花甁 (kyūjitai)

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はながめ [hànáꜜgàmè] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠ɡa̠me̞]

Noun

花(はな)瓶(がめ) • (hanagame)

(flower) vase