# 茉莉花
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mòlìhuā
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mut$^6$ lei$^{6-2}$ faa$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): mot$^6$ li fa$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ma̍t-li-fâ
* Jin (Wiktionary): mah$^4$ li$^3$ hua$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): mĕ̤k$^{→maĕ̤h}$-lê-huă / mĕk$^{→mĕh}$-lê-huă
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bā-lī-hoe / ba̍k-nī-hoe / bāng-nī-hoe / bāu-mī-hoa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhag$^8$ li$^6$ huê$^1$ / mag$^8$ li$^6$ huê$^1$ / muêg$^8$ li$^6$ huê$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^8$meq-li-ho; $^8$moq-li-ho / $^8$meq-li$_6$-ho$_1$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mo$^6$ li$^4$ fa$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mòlìhuā → mòlihuā (toneless variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚ → ㄇㄛˋ ˙ㄌㄧ ㄏㄨㄚ (toneless variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mòli̊hua
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^4$-li$^5$-hua$^1$
*** Yale: mwò-li-hwā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh.lihhua
*** Palladius: молихуа (molixua)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/ → /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ li¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mut$^6$ lei$^{6-2}$ faa$^1$
*** Yale: muht léi fā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mut$^9$ lei$^{6-2}$ faa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mud$^6$ léi$^{6-2}$ fa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /muːt̚² lei̯²²⁻³⁵ faː⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: mot$^6$ li fa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɵt̚⁵ li² fa⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ma̍t-li-fâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: mad li fa$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mad$^6$ li$^4$ fa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /mat̚⁵ li⁵⁵ fa²⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mah$^4$ li$^3$ hua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /maʔ² li⁴⁵ xua¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mĕ̤k$^{→maĕ̤h}$-lê-huă / mĕk$^{→mĕh}$-lê-huă
*** Sinological IPA : /møyʔ⁵⁻²¹ l̃i²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(h-)}$ua⁵⁵/, /mɛiʔ⁵⁻²¹ l̃i²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(h-)}$ua⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bā-lī-hoe
*** Tâi-lô: bā-lī-hue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: baxlixhoef
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ba²²⁻²¹ li²²⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ba⁴¹⁻²² li⁴¹⁻²² hue³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-nī-hoe
*** Tâi-lô: ba̍k-nī-hue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bagnixhoef
*** IPA (Taipei): /bak̚⁴⁻³² nĩ³³⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bak̚⁴⁻³² nĩ²²⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴⁻³² nĩ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāng-nī-hoe
*** Tâi-lô: bāng-nī-hue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: baxngnixhoef
*** IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ²²⁻²¹ nĩ²²⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /baŋ³³⁻¹¹ nĩ³³⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ³³⁻²¹ nĩ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāu-mī-hoa
*** Tâi-lô: bāu-mī-hua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bauxmixhoaf
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bau²²⁻²¹ mĩ²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhag$^8$ li$^6$ huê$^1$ / mag$^8$ li$^6$ huê$^1$ / muêg$^8$ li$^6$ huê$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ba̍k lĭ hue / ma̍k lĭ hue / mue̍k lĭ hue
*** Sinological IPA : /bak̚⁴⁻² li³⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³/, /mak̚⁴⁻² li³⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³/, /muek̚⁴⁻² li³⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³/
* bhag8 li6 huê1 - Chaozhou (Duffus 1883, p. 157, s.v. “jasmin”);
* mag8 li6 huê1 - Chaozhou (Chaozhou yin zidian);
* muêg8 li6 huê1 - Chaozhou (mogher.com [with the first character as well in literary reading], s.v. “茉” & “莉” & "花”);
* muag8 li6 huê1 - Chaoyang, Chenghai, Huilai, Jieyang, Puning, Raoping, Shantou (all from the Chaozhou yin zidian) [These dialects' pronunciation likewise has the first two characters in literary readings, the contrast in vowel between it and the regional capital's last form here being due simply to one of the differences between that dialect's historical phonology and these others'.].

### Noun

茉莉花
* Arabian jasmine flower (Jasminum sambac)
    From: 茉莉花 (Mo Li Hua); circa 18th century ᴄᴇ
    Hǎo yī duǒ měilì de mòlìhuā. [Pinyin]
    What a beautiful jasmine flower!

#### Derived terms

* 茉莉花茶 (mòlìhuā chá)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 茉 | 莉 | 花 |
| まつ Jinmeiyō | り Jinmeiyō | か Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi |||

### Etymology

茉莉(まつり) (matsuri, “jasmine”) + 花(か) (ka, “flower”)

### Noun

茉(まつ)莉(り)花(か) or 茉莉花(マツリカ) • (matsurika)
* Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac
    Synonym: 茉莉 (matsuri)

#### Derived terms

* 茉莉花茶(まつりかちゃ) (matsurikacha): jasmine flower tea