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花
huā
1.
flower
2.
blossom
3.
CL:[[朵<duǒ>]], [[支<zhī>]], [[束<shù>]], [[把<bǎ>]], [[盆<pén>]], [[簇<cù>]]
4.
fancy pattern
5.
florid
6.
to spend (money, time)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
乱花
luànhuā
to spend recklessly
供花
gònghuā
flower offering
冰花
bīnghuā
ice crystal
刨花
bàohuā
wood shavings
划花
huàhuā
engraving (on porcelain etc)
印花
yìnhuā
tax stamp
国花
guóhuā
national flower (emblem, e.g. peony [[牡丹<mǔdān>]] in China)
团花
tuánhuā
rounded embroidery design
压花
yāhuā
to emboss
天花
tiānhuā
smallpox
如花
rúhuā
flowery
寻花
xúnhuā
flower-viewing
弹花
tánhuā
to soften cotton fiber by fluffing
拷花
kǎohuā
to emboss
挑花
tiǎohuā
cross-stitch (embroidery)
捧花
pěnghuā
(wedding) bouquet
采花
cǎihuā
to pick flowers
探花
tànhuā
candidate who came third in the Han-lin examination
提花
tíhuā
Jacquard weave (machine weaving leaving protruding pattern)
插花
chāhuā
flower arranging
Example Sentences (10)
草绿了，那是生命的颜色；花开了，那是大自然的礼物。
Cǎo lǜ le, nà shì shēngmìng de yánsè; huā kāi le, nà shì dàzìrán de lǐwù.
The grass has turned green, that is the color of life; the flowers have bloomed, that is nature's gift.
Text 4
人们常说“一分钱一分货”，意思是东西的质量和价格有很大的关系，也可以说“便宜没好货，好货不便宜”，一般情况下，你花的钱越多，买的东西也就越好。
Rénmen cháng shuō "yì fēn qián yì fēn huò", yìsi shì dōngxi de zhìliàng hé jiàgé yǒu hěn dà de guānxi, yě kěyǐ shuō "piányi méi hǎo huò, hǎo huò bù piányi", yìbān qíngkuàng xià, nǐ huā de qián yuè duō, mǎi de dōngxi yě jiù yuè hǎo.
People often say "you get what you pay for", meaning that the quality of something is closely related to its price. You can also say "cheap isn't good; good isn't cheap". In general, the more money you spend, the better the things you buy.
Text 5
当然是春天，天气不那么冷了，草和树都绿了，花也开了。
Dāngrán shì chūntiān, tiānqì bú nàme lěng le, cǎo hé shù dōu lǜ le, huā yě kāi le.
Of course it's spring, the weather isn't that cold anymore, the grass and the trees have turned green, and the flowers have bloomed too.
Text 3
今天买的东西太多了。再说，这个月家里已经花了五千多了。
Jīntiān mǎi de dōngxi tài duō le. Zàishuō, zhège yuè jiālǐ yǐjīng huā le wǔ qiān duō le.
I bought too many things today. Besides, our family has already spent more than five thousand this month.
Text 2
相反，如果方法不对，可能花五倍甚至十倍的时间都不能完成任务，结果变成了“事倍功半”。
Xiāngfǎn, Rúguǒ fāngfǎ bú duì, Kěnéng huā wǔ bèi shènzhì shí bèi de shíjiān dōu bù néng wánchéng rènwù, Jiéguǒ biànchéng le "shì bèi gōng bàn".
On the contrary, if the method is wrong, it may take five times or even ten times as long and still not finish the task, resulting in "twice the effort for half the result".
Text 5
例如，春天来了，冬天的衣服就会打折，质量很好，还很便宜，花很少的钱就可以买到。
Lìrú, chūntiān lái le, dōngtiān de yīfu jiù huì dǎzhé, zhìliàng hěn hǎo, hái hěn piányi, huā hěn shǎo de qián jiù kěyǐ mǎi dào.
For example, when spring comes, winter clothes go on sale. The quality is very good, and they are very cheap. You can buy them with very little money.
Text 5
没错。上个星期光买沙发就花了两千多。
Méi cuò. Shàng ge xīngqī guāng mǎi shāfā jiù huā le liǎng qiān duō.
That's right. Last week, just the sofa cost over two thousand.
Text 2
是他父母教育得好。父母是孩子最重要的老师。他父母不仅教他知识，而且还花了很长时间帮助他养成了非常好的习惯，现在他每天都自己练习弹钢琴。
Shì tā fùmǔ jiàoyù de hǎo. Fùmǔ shì háizi zuì zhòngyào de lǎoshī. Tā fùmǔ bùjǐn jiāo tā zhīshi, érqiě hái huā le hěn cháng shíjiān bāngzhù tā yǎngchéng le fēicháng hǎo de xíguàn, xiànzài tā měitiān dōu zìjǐ liànxí tán gāngqín.
His parents educated him well. Parents are the most important teachers for children. His parents not only taught him knowledge, but also spent a lot of time helping him develop very good habits. Now he practices playing the piano by himself every day.
Text 1
这次主要是因为我先做了比较难、比较复杂的题，结果花了太多时间，后面简单的题我没做完，可是时间来不及，最后只好放弃了。
Zhè cì zhǔyào shì yīnwèi wǒ xiān zuò le bǐjiào nán, bǐjiào fùzá de tí, jiéguǒ huā le tài duō shíjiān, hòumiàn jiǎndān de tí wǒ méi zuòwán, kěshì shíjiān lái bù jí, zuìhòu zhǐhǎo fàngqì le.
This time it was mainly because I first did the harder, more complex problems, which took too much time. After that I didn’t finish the easy ones, but there wasn’t enough time, and in the end I had to give up.
Text 2
如果3分钟读一页书，半个小时就可以读10页。每天花半个小时来读书，一个月就可以读300页，差不多就是一本书了。
Rúguǒ 3 fēnzhōng dú yí yè shū, bàn gè xiǎoshí jiù kěyǐ dú 10 yè. Měitiān huā bàn gè xiǎoshí lái dúshū, yí gè yuè jiù kěyǐ dú 300 yè, chàbuduō jiù shì yì běn shū le.
If you read one page in 3 minutes, you can read 10 pages in half an hour. If you spend half an hour reading every day, you can read 300 pages in a month, which is about one book.
Text 3
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 409
- Word Frequency Rank
- 573 of 84,292