# 午時花
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gō͘-sî-hoe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngou$^2$ si$^5$ huê$^1$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘-sî-hoe
*** Tâi-lô: gōo-sî-hue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goxsi'hoef
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡɔ²²⁻²¹ si²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ⁴¹⁻²² si²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ²²⁻²¹ si¹³⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ³³⁻¹¹ si²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ³³⁻²¹ si²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngou$^2$ si$^5$ huê$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngóu sî hue
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋou⁵²⁻³⁵ si⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³/

### Noun

午時花
* (Teochew) sunflower
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)

#### Synonyms

* (sunflower):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 向日葵, 葵花, 向陽花, 朝陽花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 向日葵, 轉蒂蓮, 轉日蓮, 廣植蓮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 向日葵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 向日葵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 毛嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 毛嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 向日葵, 毛嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 向日葵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 向日葵, 葵花, 大葵花, 毛子嗑兒, 毛嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 向日葵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 向日葵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 向日葵, 葵花, 毛子嗑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 向日葵, 葵花, 向日蓮, 轉日蓮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 向日葵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 轉蓮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 向日葵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 向日葵, 爺爺轉, 轉日蓮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 望日蓮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 葵花 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 向日葵, 蒼陽花 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 向日葵, 朝陽花 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 轉日蓮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 向日葵, 葵花, 轉日蓮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 轉日蓮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 轉日蓮, 轉家蓮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 朝陽花, 轉悠葵兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao (Chengyang) | 轉日客 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao (Jimo) | 轉悠葵, 轉日葵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Laixi | 轉蓮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Pingdu | 轉蓮葵, 朝陽花兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Jiaozhou | 朝日花 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao (Jiaonan, Huangdao) | 朝陽花 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 朝陽花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 朝日葵, 向日葵, 葵花兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 向日葵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 照照葵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 葵花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 轉花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 向陽葵, 葵花, 盤子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 向日葵, 葵花兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 照日葵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 葵瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 向日葵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 向日葵, 望日葵, 葵花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 葵花, 望日葵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 轉蓮, 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 向兒葵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 向日葵, 向陽葵, 葵花 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 葵花 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 葵花 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 向耳葵, 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 向日葵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 向日葵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 曬兒糧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 向日葵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 向日葵, 葵花, 日頭花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 葵花, 朝陽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 向日葵, 葵花, 朝陽餅, 朝陽餅兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 西番蓮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 向日葵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 葵花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 向日葵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 向日葵, 太陽花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 葵花, 向日葵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 望葵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 望葵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 葵花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 向日葵, 葵花, 朝花, 長花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 向日葵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 向日葵, 太陽花, 葵花 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 葵花 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 向日葵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 向日葵 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 向日葵 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 向日葵 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 向日葵 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 向日葵 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 向日葵 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 向日葵 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 向日葵 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 太陽花 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 葵花 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 葵花 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 拜東蓮 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 葵花, 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 朝月蓮 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 葵花 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 照月蓮 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 葵花子 |
| Hakka | Changting | 向東蓮 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 向東蓮 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 向東蓮 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 照日蓮 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 葵花 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 照日亮 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 向熱蓮 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 月照瓜 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 拜東蓮 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 日頭花, 葵花 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 向日葵 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 向日葵 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 葵花 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 葵花, 葵花蓮 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 絲瓜蓮, 豬肉臉 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 葵花蓮, 金桂蓮 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 葵花蓮 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 轉蓮葵兒 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 葵花 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 葵花 |
| Huizhou | Jingde | 葵花 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 葵花 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 朝陽花 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Jin | Datong | 葵花 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 葵花花 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 向日葵, 葵花, 碗背 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 葵花, 望月花 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 朝陽花 |
| Jin | Linhe | 葵花, 朝陽陽 |
| Jin | Jining | 葵花, 葵花籽兒, 朝陽陽 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 向日葵, 朝陽陽, 葵花 |
| Jin | Baotou | 葵花籽兒, 朝陽陽 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 葵花, 陽籽花 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 葵花 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 日頭花 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 朝陽話 |
| Jin | Handan | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 轉子蓮 |
| Jin | Suide | 向日葵 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 日頭陽 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 日頭貢 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 日頭蓮 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 日頭花 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 瓜仔盤 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 日頭葵 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 日頭花 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 日頭花 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 向日葵, 葵花 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 葵花, 向日葵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 向日葵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 向日葵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 向日葵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 日頭花 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 日頭花 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 日頭花 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 日頭花 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 太陽花 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 太陽花 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 日頭花 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 太陽花 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 太陽花 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 葵花 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 葵花 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 日頭花 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 向日葵 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 向日葵 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 向日葵 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 朝陽花 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 向日葵 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 朝日頭花 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 向日葵 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 向日葵 |
| Wu | Danyang | 葵花 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 葵花 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 朝日頭花, 向日葵 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 太陽佛花 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 朝日葵 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 葵花 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 向陽花 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 望立莧 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 望日蓮 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 葵花子 |
* (purslane):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 馬齒莧 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 馬齒莧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 麻纓兒菜, 麻繩兒菜, 襪底兒菜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 馬齒莧 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 馬鬚菜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 馬踏菜, 馬繩菜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 螞蚱兒菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 馬齒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 馬馬菜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 胖娃娃草 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 馬屎莧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 馬齒莧, 瓜子菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 馬齒莧, 瓜子菜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 馬齒莧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 馬齒菜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 瓜子菜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 馬齒莧 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 馬齒莧 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 瓜子菜 |
| Gan | Pengze | 馬子莧 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 馬齒莧 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老鼠耳, 馬齒莧 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 老鼠耳 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 馬屎莧 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 馬齒甲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 馬齒莧, 馬齒齒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 馬齒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 豬母菜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 豬母菜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 豬母奶 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 豬母菜 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 豬母莧 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 豬母菜, 豬母酸 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 馬齒莧菜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 醬板草 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 豬母莧 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 馬齒莧 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 馬齒莧 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 午 | 時 | 花 |
| ご Grade: 2 | じ Grade: 2 | か Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | goon | kan'on |

### Etymology

午時(ごじ) (goji, “hour of the horse, noon”) + 花(か) (ka, “flower”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡo̞ʑika̠]

### Noun

午(ご)時(じ)花(か) or 午時花(ゴジカ) • (gojika)
* noon flower, scarlet mallow, Pentapetes phoenicea

#### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).