繡sau3球kau4

English

1. embroidered ball; Hydrangea
2. ball made of colourful fabric (sometimes silk) shaped like the similarly named Hydrangea plant, that is thrown in traditional Zhuang, Han and Southeast Asian communal events or mating events; not to be confused with the Western bouquet throwunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 古代壯族、漢族及不同東南亞民族招親儀式或其他習俗活動拋嘅、貌似繡球花嘅波（量詞：個）unreviewed?

Examples

• 繡球在六月開花。

  The hydrangea blooms in June.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 某些繡球花的顏色取決於土壤的酸鹼值：土壤酸性越強，花朵顏色越藍。

  The colour of some hydrangeas is determined by the pH value of the soil: the more acidic it is, the bluer the flowers are.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

• unreviewed?

  繡球花，又叫八仙花、草繡球、紫陽花，係一種真雙子葉植物，繡球屬嘅物種。係一種常見嘅園藝裝飾花。

  Hydrangea macrophylla, big-leaf hydrangea