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花

huā

HSK 3 Character Measure word 朵、支、束、把、盆、簇

What 花 means

1. flower
2. blossom
3. fancy pattern
4. florid
5. to spend (money, time)
6. colloquiallecherous
7. lustful

Other readings

花 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Huāsurname Hua
• huāold variant of {花|huā}
• huāvariant of {花|huā}; flower; blossom

Example sentences

• 她卖花。
  She sells flowers.
• 请浇花。
  Please water the flowers.
• 我卖花。
  I sell flowers.
• 我买花。
  I buy flowers.
• 菊花很香。
  Júhuā hěn xiāng.
  Chrysanthemums smell sweet.
• 花凋谢了。
  Huā diāoxiè le.
  The flowers withered up.

Words starting with 花

• 花园huā yuángarden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park…
• 花生huā shēngpeanut
• 花瓣huā bànpetal
• 花钱huā qiánto spend money
• 花费huā fèiexpense; cost; to spend (time or money)
• 花样huā yàngpattern; way of doing sth; trick
• 花朵huā duǒflower
• 花絮huā xù(news) tidbits; interesting sidelights
• 花草huā cǎoflowers and plants
• 花瓶huā píngflower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face…
• 花卉huā huìflowers and plants
• 花香huā xiāngfragrance of flowers
• 花纹huā wéndecorative design
• 花边huā biānlace; decorative border
• 花心huā xīnfickle in love; unfaithful; heart of a flower (pistil and stamen)
• 花花公子huā huā gōng zǐplayboy
• 花花绿绿huā huā lǜ lǜbrightly colored; gaudy
• 花白huā báigrizzled (hair)
• 花生米huā shēng mǐshelled peanuts
• 花坛huā tándecorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border…
• 花圈huā quānwreath; garland
• 花季huā jìyouthful time; prime of youth; flowering season
• 花色huā sèvariety; design and color; suit (cards)
• 花木huā mùflowers and trees; plants; flora

Words containing 花

• 棉花mián huacotton
• 烟花yān huāfireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
• 鲜花xiān huāflower; fresh flowers
• 桃花táo huāpeach blossom; (fig.) love affair
• 雪花xuě huāsnowflake
• 莲花lián huālotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily
• 天花板tiān huā bǎnceiling (of a room); (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)
• 小花xiǎo huā(colloquial) popular young actress
• 开花kāi huāto bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy
• 菊花jú huāchrysanthemum; (TCM) chrysanthemum flower; (slang) anus
• 梅花méi huāplum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); (dialect) wintersweet
• 荷花hé huālotus
• 樱花yīng huāoriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom…
• 桂花guì huāosmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans
• 玫瑰花méi guī huārose
• 火花huǒ huāspark; sparkle
• 五花八门wǔ huā bā ménmyriad; all kinds of; all sorts of
• 眼花缭乱yǎn huā liáo luànto be dazzled
• 兰花lán huācymbidium; orchid
• 浪花làng huāspray; ocean spray; spindrift
• 黄花huáng huāyellow flowers (of various types); chrysanthemum; cauliflower
• 红花hóng huāsafflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
• 野花yě huāwildflower; woman of easy virtue
• 绣花xiù huāto embroider; to do embroidery

Characters that look like 花

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 范fànpattern; model; example
• 泥nímud; clay; paste
• 芯xīn(bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
• 驼tuóhump or hunchbacked; camel
• 芜wúovergrown with weeds
• 芫yánused in 芫荽

Sounds the same

Read huā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哗(onomatopoeia) bang; clang; sound of gurgling, splashing or flowing water
• 砉sound of a thing flying fast by; whoosh; cracking sound
• 錵holmium (chemistry) (old)
• 化variant of 花
• 华old variant of 花; flower