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  *花* | 花* | *花
flower / blossom / CL: , , , , , / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful
HSK 1
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  *花* | 花* | *花
old variant of
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *花* | 花* | *花
variant of / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]
HSK 1
garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants / CL:
HSK 2
flower / fresh flowers / CL:
HSK 4
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
peach blossom / (fig.) love affair
HSK 5
expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure
HSK 6
fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
HSK 6
plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / (dialect) wintersweet
HSK 6
peanut / CL:
HSK 6
flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)
HSK 6
flowers and plants
HSK 7-9
pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰 figure skating)
HSK 7-9
petal / CL:
HSK 7-9
spark / sparkle
HSK 7-9
cotton
HSK 7-9
decorative design
HSK 7-9
chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus
HSK 7-9
reed catkin / reed flower
HSK 7-9
very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
HSK 7-9
myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of
HSK 7-9
osmanthus flowers / Osmanthus fragrans
HSK 7-9
pocket money / allowance
HSK 7-9
lotus
HSK 7-9
Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin) / tree rhododendron (Rhododendron delavayi)
genkwanin
hydrangea
tears in the eyes
backyard garden
to crochet
spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman
Sichuan pepper / Chinese prickly ash
(bird species of China) yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom / also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *花* | 花* | *花
surname Hua
style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL:
creamed cauliflower
garland / floral hoop
cymbidium / orchid
spray (or sparks) of molten steel
appliqué / decalcomania
dumpling
Hundred Flowers Awards, film prize awarded since 1962
flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand
(slang) a cunning plot
granite
Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
(idiom) 60 years old
hermaphrodite flower
magnolia
flourishing blossom / a mass of flowers / luxuriant flowers
common word for ladybug, more formally 瓢蟲|瓢虫
fleur-de-lis (armorial symbol)
(cookery) to decorate using a piping bag / to extrude something though a piping bag / piping
flowers and plants
stamen / pistil
fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
fragrance of flowers
fancy; showy; elaborate / (HK, Tw) (sports) fancy-style; freestyle (as in 花式溜冰 "figure skating") / (Tw) floral formula (notation for representing the structure of flowers)
(bird species of China) wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
sunflower
Mount Huaguo in Jiangsu, featured in 西遊記|西游记, tourist destination / (also the name of mountains in other parts of China)
variety / design and color / suit (cards)
pollen
Huadu, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
erhua variant of
scented tea / CL: , 壺|壶
bouquet
snowflake
catkin (botany)
(slang) to stick sth up the anus / to have anal intercourse
flower-viewing / to visit a prostitute
straight flush (poker)
flower arranging / ikebana
Yuhuatai district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
embroidered shoes
flower
to spend (money) / expenses
Suhua Highway, coastal road in northern Taiwan, built on the side of cliffs above the Pacific Ocean
(news) tidbits; interesting sidelights
to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women
tax stamp / to print a pattern or design on fabric
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
synchronized swimming
see 花都區|花都区 / alternative name for Paris
greenhouse
Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica) / gift for a wedding or other happy occasion / bonus (extra pay, typically given at year-end)
playboy
lit. to blossom and bear fruit (idiom) / fig. to come to fruition; to yield favorable results
pork belly / streaky pork
Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan
kapok (tree)
Huayuan County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)

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