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Jyutping lei2 faa1
Pinyin lí huā

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    pear blossom
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    梨花带雨
    梨花帶雨
    lei4 faa1 daai3 jyu5
    • to cry (of ladies)
  2. Cantonese
    1962年有套西片《Lolita》香港译做《一树梨花压海棠》,内容系讲老少不伦恋。而Lolita呢个名因此被用嚟形容具有性魅力嘅早熟少女。
    1962年有套西片《Lolita》香港譯做《一樹梨花壓海棠》,內容係講老少不倫戀。而Lolita呢個名因此被用嚟形容具有性魅力嘅早熟少女。
    • In 1962 there's a foreign movie "Lolita", Hong Kong has translated the name using a sentence in So Tung Bo's peom, which is also telling the story of love affair between a young girl and old man. And the name Lolita is then used to describe early-maturing young girls who have sexual attraction.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    忽如一夜春风来,千树万树梨花开。
    忽如一夜春風來,千樹萬樹梨花開。
    hū rú yī yè chūn fēng lái , qiān shù wàn shù lí huā kāi .
    • Is like a spring gale, come up in the night,
      Blowing open the petals of ten thousand peartrees.