花 (faa1 | hua1) : flower

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花

faa1

hua1

[1] [n] flower; blossom [2] a flowering plant [3] [n] prostitute; prostitution [4] used in smallpox [5] varicolored [6] fireworks [7] [v] spend; expend

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

花

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:43

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菜花 coi3 faa1 cai4 hua1 = cauliflower

雪花 syut3 faa1 xue3 hua1 = snowflake

開花 hoi1 faa1 kai1 hua1 = to bloom, to blossom

花生 faa1 sang1 hua1 sheng1 = peanut

花園 faa1 jyun4*2 hua1 yuan2 = garden

花卉 faa1 wai2 hua1 hui4 = flowers, flowering plants

風車花 fung1 ce1 faa1 = passionflower

淋花 lam4 faa1 = water the garden 粵

花束 faa1 cuk1 hua1 shu4 = bouquet, bunch of flowers 國

菊花 guk1 faa1 ju2 hua1 = chrysanthemum
See all 309 compounds (CantoDict reports 319 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 16 examples containing 花

你鍾唔鍾意食花生㗎？粵
Do you like to eat peanuts?

係唔係用花生油煮嘅? 粵
Is this cooked in peanut oil?

我唔食得花生粵
I cannot eat peanuts.

我對花生敏感粵
I am allergic to peanuts

今年聖誕節不要在我身上花錢喔！國
Don't spend your money on me this Christmas!

玫瑰花好多簕粵
Roses are full of thorns.

如果唔夠小心嘅話，放煙花就好危險粵
If [you're] not careful enough, setting off fireworks is dangerous.

有個人喺九龍花園搵到個化石粵
Someone found a fossil in Kowloon Park.

你哋會唔會有啲火花呀？粵 ?!
Are there ever sparks between you?
[Lit. you-[plural marker] will-not-will have [plural counter] sparks [particle]? The 'sparks' could possibly of anger or love. [Check please!]]

我花呢筆錢唔會覺得肉赤。粵
I don't feel any pain in spending this amount of money.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 花
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