花 | huā | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; CL:朵,支,束,把,盆,簇; to spend (money, time); surname Hua |
棉花 | mián hua | cotton |
开花 | kāi huā | to bloom; to blossom; to flower; fig. to burst open; to feel happy or elated; new development grows out |
花生 | huā shēng | peanut; groundnut; CL:粒 |
印花 | yìn huā | tax stamp |
青花 | qīng huā | blue and white (porcelain) |
花纹 | huā wén | decorative design |
花粉 | huā fěn | pollen |
花色 | huā sè | variety; design and color; suit (cards) |
花样 | huā yàng | pattern; type; trick |
花费 | huā fèi | expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure |
花朵 | huā duǒ | flower |
火花 | huǒ huā | spark; sparkle |
鲜花 | xiān huā | fresh flowers; CL:朵 |
梅花 | méi huā | plum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); wintersweet (topolect) |
桃花 | táo huā | peach blossom |
桂花 | guì huā | osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans |
花期 | huā qī | the flowering season |
红花 | hóng huā | safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) |
雪花 | xuě huā | snowflake |
花椒 | huā jiāo | Sichuan pepper; Chinese prickly ash |
提花 | tí huā | Jacquard weave (machine weaving leaving protruding pattern) |
花瓣 | huā bàn | petal; CL:片 |
花序 | huā xù | inflorescence; flower cluster |
种花 | zhòng huā | to grow flowers; floriculture |
绣花 | xiù huā | to embroider; to do embroidery |
樱花 | yīng huā | oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom; also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry |
花布 | huā bù | printed cloth; calico |
花草 | huā cǎo | flowers and plants |
百花齐放 | bǎi huā qí fàng | a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression |
菊花 | jú huā | chrysanthemum |
花茶 | huā chá | scented tea; CL:杯,壶 |
花卉 | huā huì | flowers and plants |
莲花 | lián huā | lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily |
花木 | huā mù | flowers and trees; plants; flora |
花儿 | huā ér | style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia; CL:首 |
花儿 | huār | erhua variant of 花 |
花圈 | huā quān | wreath; garland |
荷花 | hé huā | lotus |
花冠 | huā guàn | corolla |
花蕾 | huā lěi | bud; flower bud |
兰花 | lán huā | cymbidium; orchid |
电火花 | diàn huǒ huā | electric spark |
黄花 | huáng huā | chrysanthemum |
浪花 | làng huā | spray; ocean spray; spindrift; fig. happenings from one's life; CL:朵 |
松花江 | Sōng huā jiāng | Songhua River in Jilin province 吉林省 through Harbin 哈尔滨, a tributary of Heilongjiang 黑龙江 |
花招 | huā zhāo | trick |
牵牛花 | qiān niú huā | white-edged morning glory |
花药 | huā yào | anther (pollen sack on stamen) |
海上花列传 | hǎi shàng huā liè zhuàn | The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韩邦庆, long novel of lower life in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular; translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang |