# 荷花
## Chinese

* 荷花

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): héhuā
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ho$^4$ faa$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'ho$^2$ fa$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hò-fâ
    (Hailu, HRS): ho fa$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ho$^2$ fa$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): he$^1$ hua$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ǒ̤-huá
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-hoe / hô-hoa
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu-ho
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ho$^2$ fa$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: héhuā
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: héhua
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$-hua$^1$
*** Yale: hé-hwā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herhua
*** Palladius: хэхуа (xɛxua)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: héhuār
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: héhuar
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$-hua$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: hé-hwār
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herhual
*** Palladius: хэхуар (xɛxuar)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ho$^4$ faa$^1$
*** Yale: hòh fā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ho$^4$ faa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ho$^4$ fa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔː²¹ faː⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'ho$^2$ fa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈho²⁴ fa⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-fâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: ho$^ˇ$ fa$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ho$^2$ fa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ fa²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ho fa$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho⁵⁵ fa⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ho$^2$ fa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ fa⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: he$^1$ hua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xɤ¹¹ xua¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǒ̤-huá
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔ²¹ xua⁵⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hoe
*** Tâi-lô: hô-hue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'hoef
*** IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hoa
*** Tâi-lô: hô-hua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'hoaf
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$wu-ho
*** MiniDict: wu$^去$ ho
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhu-ho
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² ho⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ho$^2$ fa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /xo¹³ ɸa̠³³/

### Noun

荷花
* lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)

#### Synonyms

* 水芝 (shuǐzhī) (literary)
* 水芙蓉 (shuǐfúróng)
* 芙蓉 (fúróng)
* 芙蕖 (fúqú) (literary)
* 菡萏 (hàndàn) (literary)
* 蓮／莲
* 蓮花／莲花 (liánhuā)
* 藕花 (ǒuhuā)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 荷, 蓮, 芙蕖, 芙蓉, 菡萏 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 荷花兒, 蓮花兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 荷花兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 荷花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 荷花兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 荷花兒, 荷花, 蓮花兒, 蓮花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 荷花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 荷花兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 荷花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 荷花 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 荷花 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 荷花兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 荷花, 蓮花兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 荷花 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 荷花 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 荷花兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 荷花兒, 蓮花兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 荷花 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 荷花 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 荷花 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 荷花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 荷花兒, 蓮花兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蓮花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蓮花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 蓮花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 蓮花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 荷花兒, 蓮花兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 蓮花兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蓮花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蓮花, 荷花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 蓮花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 荷花 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 荷花 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 荷花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 荷花, 蓮花, 水芙蓉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 荷花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 荷花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 荷花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 荷花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 荷花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 荷花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蓮米花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 荷花, 蓮花, 藕花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 荷花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 荷花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蓮花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 荷花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 荷花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 荷花, 蓮花, 藕蓮花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 荷花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 荷花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 藕花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 荷花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 荷花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 荷花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 荷花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蓮花, 荷花 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蓮花 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蓮花, 荷花 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 荷花 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蓮花, 荷花 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 荷花 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 荷花 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 荷花 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蓮花, 荷花 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 蓮花 |
| Jin | Datong | 蓮花兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蓮花兒 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 荷花 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 荷花 |
| Jin | Linhe | 荷花 |
| Jin | Jining | 蓮花兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 荷花兒 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 蓮花兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Jin | Handan | 荷花, 蓮花, 藕花 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 蓮花兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 荷花兒, 荷花 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蓮花, 荷花 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蓮花, 荷花 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蓮花 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蓮花 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蓮花 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蓮花 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蓮花 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蓮花 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蓮花 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蓮花 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 荷花 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 荷花 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 荷花 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Wu | Danyang | 荷花 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 荷花 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 荷花 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蓮花, 荷花, 蓮子荷花 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 荷花 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 荷花, 蓮花 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蓮花, 荷花 |

#### Derived terms

* 令箭荷花
* 荷花出水
* 荷花大少
* 荷花燈／荷花灯
* 荷花玉蘭／荷花玉兰
* 荷花生日

### Proper noun

荷花
* (～鎮) Hehua (a town in Yuan'an, Yichang, Hubei, China)