粵

蓮lin4花faa1

simp莲花
lin4 faa1lián huā

English

  1. lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others)
  2. water-lily
  3. lotus

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種水生植物,塊葉好似個盤咁浮響水面,會結蓮蓬啲花好大棵;生喺地底嘅莖叫蓮藕(量詞:朵)

Examples

  • 火星上的神殿饰有莲花。

    The temples on Mars are decorated with lotus flowers.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 蓮花池

    lotus pond

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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