| | flower / blossom / CL: 朵, 支, 束, 把, 盆, 簇 / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful | HSK 1 |
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| | to bloom; to blossom; to flower / (fig.) to burst; to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish | HSK 4 |
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| | garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants / CL: 座 | HSK 2 |
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| | to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select; to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need | HSK 5 |
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| | flower / fresh flowers / CL: 朵 | HSK 4 |
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| | to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) | HSK 5 |
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| | sea of flowers; expanse of flowers | |
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| | variant of 花 / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3] | HSK 1 |
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| | basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters / CL: 個｜个 | HSK 5 |
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| | rapeseed flower; canola flower | |
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| | Jin Tianhe (1874–1947), late-Qing poet and novelist, co-author of A Flower in a Sinful Sea 孽海花 | |
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| | fragrance of flowers | |
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| | broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman | |
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| | flower fair or festival | |
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| | flower bud / young flower still tightly rolled up | |
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| | a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956 | |
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| | the language of flowers; symbolic meaning associated with a flower | |
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| | flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) | HSK 6 |
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| | flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside / flashy | |
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| | prosperous / flourishing / (of flowers) blooming / (of fire) roaring | HSK 7-9 |
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| | beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) | |
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| | lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world | |
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| | (idiom) rare or exotic flowers and plants | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism | |
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| | reed catkin / reed flower | HSK 7-9 |
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| | flower / earlobe / fig. item on both sides / classifier for flowers, clouds etc | HSK 5 |
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| | osmanthus flowers / Osmanthus fragrans | HSK 7-9 |
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| | rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL: 棵) / rose flower (CL: 朵) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea | |
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| | flower arranging / ikebana | |
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| | a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August | |
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| | national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹 in China) | |
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| | growing flowers | |
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| | lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom) / fig. beautiful flowers | |
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| | lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel | |
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| | balsam / Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina) / touch-me-not / busy Lizzie | |
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| | lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) / fig. extravagant embellishments; hype | |
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| | flowers and plants | |
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| | (of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom) / beautiful | |
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| | plum / plum flower / Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) | |
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| | lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers / to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom) | |
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| | to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) | |
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| | flower | |
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| | Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra | |
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| | lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom) / fig. to give sth additional splendor / to provide the crowning touch / (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off | |
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| | blooming / in full flower | HSK 7-9 |
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| | delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite | |
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| | to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. [zha2] | |
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| | flowers and plants | HSK 7-9 |
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| | as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy) | |
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| | chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus | HSK 7-9 |
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| | flower-viewing / to visit a prostitute | |
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| | lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats | |
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| | fickle in love; unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) | |
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| | flower grower | |
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| | to pick (flowers) / to pinch / to nip / to pinch off / to clutch / (slang) to fight | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957 | |
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| | to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about | |
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| | flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub | |
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| | Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957 | |
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| | bud / flower bud | |
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| | hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom | |
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| | to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats | |
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| | (of a flower) vividly colorful and fragrant / (of a woman) captivating; charming / (of writing or a painting etc) lifelike; vivid | |
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| | a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression | |
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| | flowers and trees / plants / flora | |
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| | lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) / fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love) | |
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| | inflorescence / flower cluster | |
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| | bud / flower calyx / luxuriant / profuse | |
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| | hothouse flower (i.e. flower grown in a greenhouse) | |
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| | Hundred Flowers Campaign (PRC, 1956-57), in which Mao called for the taboo on discussing mistakes of the CCP to be lifted | |
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| | (Cantonese) to topple / to collapse / to coax / flower bud | |
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| | exotic flower / (fig.) marvel / prodigy / (slang) weirdo / outlandish | |
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| | flower bud | |
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| | lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information | |
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| | lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); a fleeting glance in passing / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information | |
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| | lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss | |
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| | lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily | |
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| | No flower can bloom for a hundred days. / Good times do not last long. (idiom) | |
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| | citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni); golden needles (its edible flower) | |
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| | paper flower | |
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| | lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom) / fig. romantic surroundings | |
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| | lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it | |
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| | handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades | |
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| | lit. green willows and red flowers (idiom) / fig. all the colors of spring | |
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| | myriad plants and flowers (idiom); rich and colorful | |
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| | lit. to graft flowers onto a tree (idiom) / fig. to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another | |
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| | (botany) alae; wing petals (of a papilionaceous flower) | |
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| | Vanda miss joaquim (hybrid orchid), national flower of Singapore | |
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| | decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape | |
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| | flower shop | |
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| | stem of flower | |
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| | flower pot | |
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| | painting of birds and flowers | |
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| | yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times) | |
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| | calyx of a flower | |
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| | Phalaenopsis (flower genus) | |
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| | to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton | |
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| | Curse of the Golden Flower (2007), period drama movie by Zhang Yimou | |
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| | yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) | |
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