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开花

kāi huā

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 開花

开花 (kāi huā) means "to bloom, to flower". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 开花 means

1. to bloom; to blossom; to flower
2. (fig.) to burst; to split open
3. (fig.) to burst with joy
4. (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish

The characters in 开花

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern

Example sentences

• 杏树正在开花。
  The almond trees are in bloom.
• 绣球在六月开花。
  Xiù qiú zài Liùyuè kāihuā.
  The hydrangea blooms in June.

Words starting with 开花

• 开花结果kāi huā jiē guǒ(lit.) to blossom and bear fruit (idiom); (fig.) to come to fruition…
• 开花衣kāi huā yīto open a bale of cotton
• 开花儿kāi huā rerhua variant of 开花
• 开花结实kāi huā jiē shísee 开花结果

Words containing 开花

• 遍地开花biàn dì kāi huā(idiom) to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place…
• 乐开花lè kāi huāto burst with joy
• 夜开花yè kāi huābottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜
• 树上开花shù shàng kāi huāto deck the tree with false blossoms; to make something of no value appear valuable…
• 铁树开花tiě shù kāi huālit. the iron tree blooms (idiom); a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
• 脑袋开花nǎo dài kāi huāto blow one's brain out

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