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[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. |
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This word has been viewed 45457 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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曇花一現
taam4 faa1 jat1 jin6 = lit. the night blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived
曇花
taam4 / faa1 = Dutchman's Pipe (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)'; broad leaf Epiphyllum flower
菜花
coi3 faa1 = cauliflower
雪花
syut3 faa1 = snowflake
開花
hoi1 faa1 = to bloom, to blossom
花生
faa1 sang1 = peanut
花園
faa1 jyun4*2 = garden
花卉
faa1 wai2 = flowers, flowering plants
風車花
fung1 ce1 faa1 = passionflower
淋花
lam4 faa1 = water the garden 粵See all 344 compounds (CantoDict reports 354 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 16 examples containing 花
玫瑰花好多簕。 粵
Roses are full of thorns. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,135492,135495#msg-135495]
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!]]
人哋重係黃花閨女㗎！ 粵
She's still an untouched virgin girl! [The audio has 閨 mispronounced as gwai3 (instead of gwai1).]
大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。 粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated. Legend 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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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/32/]花[/url][/big]
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Decimal representation of this word: 花
Unicode code for this character: U+82b1 (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 花
Unicode code for this character: U+82b1 (off-site link)
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