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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 42656 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 10 of 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.
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