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
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 (1873) “láu-hoe”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 296; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 296
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “荖花”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
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