WordTaiwan frequency #15,224
五花八門
ㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄚ ㄇㄣˊ
“of all kinds; a great variety; diverse and ever-changing; multifaceted.”
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五
ㄨˇ
The number five; 5; a surname.
花
ㄏㄨㄚ
Flower or blossom; a pattern or design; to spend money or time; a surname; (Taiwan) a beautiful woman; (Taiwan) having flowers or patterns.
八
ㄅㄚ
The natural number eight; used as a numeral or adjective to denote eight; sometimes used adverbially to mean all around or many.
門
ㄇㄣˊ
Door; gate; entrance; opening; family; lineage; school of thought; sect; key point; method; classifier for courses or fields of study.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 花蓮ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄧㄢˊHualien; a city and county on the east coast of Taiwan.
- 部門ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊdepartment; a distinct unit or division within an organization; branch; section.
- 十五ㄕˊ ㄨˇfifteen; the number 15.
- 五月ㄨˇ ㄩㄝˋMay; the fifth month of the year.
- 出門ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊto go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; (of a woman) to get married
- 五十ㄨˇ ㄕˊfifty; the number 50.
- 金門ㄐㄧㄣ ㄇㄣˊKinmen (Quemoy), islands administered by Taiwan off the Fujian coast; Jinmen county in Quanzhou, Fujian, PRC; archaic: a gate adorned with gold, referring to an imperial gate; abbreviation for Jinmen Gate, a historical term for a place where officials waited for imperial summons.
- 門口ㄇㄣˊ ㄎㄡˇdoorway; entrance or exit of a gate; gate area; also: gatekeeper or doorman at an institution
- 八月ㄅㄚ ㄩㄝˋAugust; eighth month of the lunar calendar.
- 大門ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄣˊmain entrance or gate of a building; large and influential family; prominent clan
- 十八ㄕˊ ㄅㄚthe number eighteen; 18.
- 專門ㄓㄨㄢ ㄇㄣˊspecialized; dedicated to a particular field or purpose; specially; specifically for a particular purpose; (of institutions, personnel) designated for a specific task