名花有主

Chinese

		famous flower; beautiful flower; famed beauty famous flower; beautiful flower; famed beauty; belle	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
trad. (名花有主)		名花	有	主
simp. ^#(名花有主)		名花	有	主
Literally: “the famous flower has already got a host”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mínghuāyǒuzhǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ faa¹ jau⁵ zyu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mínghuāyǒuzhǔ [Phonetic: mínghuāyóuzhǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mínghuayǒujhǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-hua¹-yu³-chu³
  - Yale: míng-hwā-yǒu-jǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minghuayeoujuu
  - Palladius: минхуаючжу (minxuajučžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ faa¹ jau⁵ zyu²
  - Yale: mìhng fā yáuh jyú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ faa¹ jau⁵ dzy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ fa¹ yeo⁵ ju²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ faː⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ t͡syː³⁵/

Idiom

名花有主

the famed beauty has been spoken for; (of a girl, or something precious) to be taken

See also

Thai: ดอกไม้งามย่อมมีเจ้าของ / ดอกไม้งามมักมีเจ้าของ
Vietnamese: hoa có chủ / hoa đã có chủ / hoa đã có chậu

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