叫花子

beggar

to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

variant of 叫[jiao4]

surname Hua

flower / blossom / CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4] / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful

old variant of 花[hua1]

variant of 花[hua1] / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]

beggar (old term)

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)