荖花

Chinese

			flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (荖花)		荖	花
simp. ^#(荖花)		荖	花
alternative forms		蓼花

Pronunciation

Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): láu-hoe

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: láu-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: law'hoef
  - IPA (Philippines): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

荖花

(Hokkien, botany) betel pepper (Piper betle in the pepper family Piperaceae)
(Hokkien) sugarcoated hollow puffed rice confection

See also

米粩
麻粩 / 麻米粩仔

Further reading

Douglas, Carstairs (1899), “láu-hoe”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 296
小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “荖花”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (in Japanese and Taiwanese Hokkien), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC

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