探花

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (探花)		探	花
simp. ^#(探花)		探	花
Literally: “flower snatcher”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tànhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ faa¹
Min Nan (POJ): thàm-hoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tànhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannhua
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam³ faa¹
  - Yale: taam fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam³ fa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰäːm³³ fäː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: thàm-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarmhoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

探花

(historical) tanhua; person who came third in the palace examination of the imperial examination system, below zhuangyuan and bangyan

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