校花

Chinese

		school; proofread; to check school; proofread; to check; to compare	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (校花)		校	花
simp. ^#(校花)		校	花
Literally: “flower of the school”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàohuā

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ faa¹
Min Nan (POJ): hāu-hoa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàohuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawhua
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàohuār
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawhual
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xwɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau⁶ faa¹
  - Yale: haauh fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hao⁶ fa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /häːu̯²² fäː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxhoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haʊ²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haʊ⁴¹⁻²² hua³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haʊ²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /haʊ³³⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haʊ³³⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/

Noun

校花

the most beautiful girl in the school or on the campus; campus belle; school babe

See also

校草 (xiàocǎo, “[school-grass] the most handsome guy in the school”)
班花 (bānhuā, “[class-flower] the most beautiful girl in the class”)
Korean equivalent: 캠퍼스 퀸 (kaempeoseu kwin, “campus queen”)

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