HSK 6 · Adjectives

繁华 fánhuá “bustling” in Chinese

Traditional 繁華

What 繁华 means

  1. bustling
  2. prosperous
  3. flourishing

How to say 繁华

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale繁fán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale华huá2nd tone, rising

繁华 in a sentence

  1. 上海是一个繁华的城市。

    Shànghǎi shì yí ge fánhuá de chéngshì.

    Shanghai is a bustling city.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这条街是城里最繁华的地方。

    Zhè tiáo jiē shì chéng lǐ zuì fánhuá de dìfang.

    This street is the busiest part of town.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 繁华 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 繁 (fán) with each of its parts in a different colour
繁fáncomplicated
  • 敏fast · mǐnSound part
  • 糸silk · mìMeaning part

糸 hints at the meaning (silk); 敏 (mǐn) hints at the sound. Compare it with fán.

The character 华 (huá) with each of its parts in a different colour
华huámagnificent
  • 化to change · huàSound part
  • 十ten · shíMeaning part

十 hints at the meaning (ten); 化 (huà) hints at the sound. Compare it with huá.

How to write 繁华

繁 17 strokes · 华 6 strokes

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繁华 (fánhuá) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 繁华 (fánhuá). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 繁华

Words with 繁

繁荣fánróng · prosperous繁忙fánmáng · busy频繁pínfán · frequent繁殖fánzhí · to breed繁体字fántǐzì · traditional Chinese character

Words with 华

豪华háohuá · luxurious华裔Huáyì · ethnic Chinese华丽huálì · magnificent华侨huáqiáo · overseas Chinese精华jīnghuá · essence

More words: Adjectives

端正duānzhèng · upright对称duìchèn · symmetrical额外éwài · extra反常fǎncháng · abnormal繁忙fánmáng · busy锋利fēnglì · sharp (blade)风趣fēngqù · witty分明fēnmíng · clear

FAQs

繁华 (fánhuá) means “bustling” or “prosperous”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fánhuá: fán with a 2nd tone, then huá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 繁华 is written 繁華. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fanhua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 繁华 from the suggestions. Typing fanhua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
繁华 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.