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如花
  jyu4 faa1   jyutping
  ru2 hua1   pinyin
[1] flowery [2] []: slang for an ugly girl () or a ladyboy (人妖)

Made popular by the Stephen Chow (周星馳) film Flirting Scholar (唐伯虎).
nounAdditional PoS: adjective

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
如花

This word has been viewed 3132 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 21st Jan 2007 05:15 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 jyu4  -  if, as if, like, equal to
 faa1  -  flower

1 compounds containing this word:

如花似玉 - to be young and beautiful tantamount to flowers and jade

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:


detail  jyu4 faa1   = fish fry; minnows
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