# 花瓶
## Chinese

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): huāpíng
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуапин (huapin, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faa$^1$ ping$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fa$^1$ pin$^2$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fa$^1$ piang$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-pân / hoa-pân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huê$^1$ bang$^5$ / huê$^1$ ping$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ho-bin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huāpíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huapíng
*** Wade–Giles: hua$^1$-pʻing$^2$
*** Yale: hwā-píng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huapyng
*** Palladius: хуапин (xuapin)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ä⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (花瓶兒／花瓶儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huāpíngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄆㄧㄥˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huapíngr
*** Wade–Giles: hua$^1$-pʻing$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: hwā-píngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huapyengl
*** Palladius: хуапинр (xuapinr)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ä⁵⁵ pʰiɤ̯̃ɻ³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуапин (huapin, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /xua²⁴ pʰiŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faa$^1$ ping$^4$
*** Yale: fā pìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faa$^1$ ping$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fa$^1$ ping$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /faː⁵⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fa$^1$ pin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fa⁴² pʰin²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fa$^1$ piang$^2$
*** 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: huê$^1$ bang$^5$ / huê$^1$ ping$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hue pâng / hue phîng
*** Sinological IPA : /hue³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵⁵/, /hue³³⁻²³ pʰiŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ho-bin
*** MiniDict: ho$^平$ bin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ho-bin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ho⁵⁵ bin²¹/

### Noun

花瓶
* vase
       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):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 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 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 花樽 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 花樽 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 花瓶 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 花瓶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 花瓶, 花樽 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 花樽 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 花罌仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 花矸仔, 花罌, 花罌仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 花矸 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 花矸仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 花罌, 花罌仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 花罌 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 花罌, 花罌仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 花罌 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 花瓶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 花瓶, 花矸 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 花瓶 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 花瓶, 櫝瓶 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 花矸 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 花矸, 花瓶 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 花矸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 花矸, 花瓶 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 花矸, 花瓶 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 花矸 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 花瓶 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 花矸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 花矸, 花瓶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 花矸, 花瓶 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 花矸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 花瓶, 花樽 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 井缸 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 花瓶, 花樽 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 花瓶 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 花瓶 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 花瓶 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 花瓶 |

#### Derived terms

* 花瓶黨／花瓶党 (huāpíngdǎng)

#### Descendants

* → 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: [ka̠bʲĩɴ]

#### Noun

花(か)瓶(びん) • (kabin)
* (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: [ka̠he̞ː]

#### Noun

花(か)瓶(へい) • (kahei)
* (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: [ha̠na̠ɡa̠me̞]

#### Noun

花(はな)瓶(がめ) • (hanagame)
* (flower) vase