huā

to spend (money, time); flower; blossom

HSK 3 #410

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 410th character
Radical ⾋ (140.4)
Strokes 7
Index # 665

Definitions

花 huā
  1. 1. to spend (money, time)
  2. 2. flower
  3. 3. blossom
  4. 4. fancy pattern
  5. 5. florid
  6. 6. (coll.) lecherous
  7. 7. lustful
  8. 8. surname Hua
  9. 9. also pr. wěi
  10. 10. CL duǒ,zhī,shù,,pén,

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Words containing 花

Word Meaning
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior
dahlia (loanword)
shelled peanuts
beggar
short-lived; flash in the pan (idiom)
tweed; checkered cloth
fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
Huadu District, Guangzhou
kaleidoscope
the prettiest girl in the school (see also xiào cǎo)
abbr. for Citibank huā qí yín háng
flower girl (at a wedding); page boy
media gossip; sensational news
jasmine
all sorts of; all kinds of; myriad
flowerbed; parterre
beggar (old term)
youthful time; prime of youth; flowering season
ornament; floral decoration; floral pattern
to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
hops
light at the end of the tunnel
to offer flowers; to lay flowers (as a memorial)
live a wild, drunken, pleasure-seeking life