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  faa1   jyutping
  hua1   pinyin
[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: (#140)

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

This word has been viewed 42772 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:43

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detail  taam4 faa1 jat1 jin6  tan2 hua1 yi1 xian4 = lit. the night blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived
detail  taam4 / faa1  tan2 / hua1 = Dutchman's Pipe (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)'; broad leaf Epiphyllum flower
detail  coi3 faa1  cai4 hua1 = cauliflower
detail  syut3 faa1  xue3 hua1 = snowflake
detail  hoi1 faa1  kai1 hua1 = to bloom, to blossom
detail  faa1 sang1  hua1 sheng1 = peanut
detail  faa1 jyun4*2  hua1 yuan2 = garden
detail  faa1 wai2  hua1 hui4 = flowers, flowering plants
detail  fung1 ce1 faa1  feng1 che1 hua1 = passionflower
detail  lam4 faa1   = water the garden
See all 344 compounds (CantoDict reports 354 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 16 examples containing 花
detail audio 鍾意花生
Do you like to eat peanuts?
detail audio 係唔係花生油?
Is this cooked in peanut oil?
detail audio 花生
I cannot eat peanuts.
detail audio 花生敏感
I am allergic to peanuts
detail 今年聖誕節不要身上花錢
Don't spend your money on me this Christmas!
detail audio 玫瑰好多
Roses are full of thorns.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,135492,135495#msg-135495]
detail 如果唔夠小心嘅話煙花危險
If [you're] not careful enough, setting off fireworks is dangerous.
detail 個人九龍花園搵到化石
Someone found a fossil in Kowloon Park.
detail 你哋唔會有啲火花  ?! 
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!]]
detail 筆錢唔會覺得肉赤
I don't feel any pain in spending this amount of money.
detail 九大簋加上美女真係錦上添花
Having this feast with such beauties is indeed beyond perfection.
detail 騎樓危危乎隨時都會跌落
The pots on the balcony seems unstable enough to fall off anytime.
detail 現在流行事物時候成為明日黃花
What is fashionable now will be passe after some time.
detail audio 人哋重係黃花閨女
She's still an untouched virgin girl!
[The audio has 閨 mispronounced as gwai3 (instead of gwai1).]
detail 大家知道吹水功夫一流可以簡單天花龍鳳吸引
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.
detail 絢麗花卉凋謝殆盡
This spring's flowers have nearly all withered away.

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