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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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *花* | 花* | *花
variant of / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]
HSK 1
garden / CL: , 個|个
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) / wintersweet (dialect)
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
cotton
HSK 7-9
flowers and plants
HSK 7-9
chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus
HSK 7-9
osmanthus flowers / Osmanthus fragrans
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
myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of
HSK 7-9
petal / CL:
HSK 7-9
spark / sparkle
HSK 7-9
decorative design
HSK 7-9
lotus
HSK 7-9
reed catkin / reed flower
HSK 7-9
very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
HSK 7-9
pocket money / allowance
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *花* | 花* | *花
surname Hua
tax stamp / to print a pattern or design on fabric
Sichuan pepper / Chinese prickly ash
oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom / also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry
to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton
a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression
garland / floral hoop
lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily
bud / flower bud
the teeming world / the world of sensual pleasures
snowflake
morning glory
Hundred Flowers Awards, film prize awarded since 1962
flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand
American ginseng
ceiling
cymbidium / orchid
the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen
flourishing blossom / a mass of flowers / luxuriant flowers
beggar
blue and white (porcelain)
printed cloth / calico
flowers and plants
fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
fragrance of flowers
yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl)
Yuhua district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan
fancy-style (as in 花式溜冰 figure skating)
granite
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
sunflower
flower pot
painting of birds and flowers
variety / design and color / suit (cards)
pollen
scented tea / CL: , 壺|壶
honeysuckle
bouquet
magnolia
Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
to emboss / coining / knurling
chopped green onions
sika deer
flower arranging / ikebana
camellia
Huatan Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape
embroidered shoes
flower
to spend (money) / expenses
to spend money
flowery
bits of news / interesting sidelights
to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women
Yuhuatai district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
stamen / pistil
puffed rice / popcorn
flower fair or festival
lit. to blossom and bear fruit (idiom) / fig. to come to fruition; to yield favorable results
grizzled (hair)
pork belly / streaky pork
Huadu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong / alternative name for Paris
appliqué / decalcomania
greenhouse
flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica)
playboy
car festooned for celebration
Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan
kapok (tree)
youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
dimmed eyesight / blurred / vague and unclear vision

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