探花

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (探花)		探	花
simp. ^#(探花)		探	花
Literally: “flower snatcher”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tànhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ faa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thàm-hoe / thàm-hoa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tànhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tànhua
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-hua¹
  - Yale: tàn-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannhua
  - Palladius: таньхуа (tanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam³ faa¹
  - Yale: taam fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam³ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ faː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: thàm-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarmhoef
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: thàm-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarmhoaf
  - IPA (Philippines): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hua³³/

Noun

探花

(historical) tanhua; person who came third in the palace examination of the imperial examination system, below zhuangyuan and bangyan
(Philippine Hokkien, dice games) a dice roll of either, three of a kind (with two sets of three dice of the same face, except four) or straight (with all die faces in sequence) in a Mooncake Festival Dice Game
Synonyms: 對堂／对堂 (duìtáng), 榜眼 (bǎngyǎn)

Derived terms

探花使

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