HSK 3 · Verbs

花 huā “flower” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 花 means

  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. spend money
  4. cost
  5. fancy pattern
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • florid
  • to spend (money, time)
  • (coll.) lecherous

Measure word 朵 duǒ or 支 zhī · 一朵花 yì duǒ huā

How to say 花

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale花huā1st tone, high and level

花 in a sentence

  1. 你一共花了多少钱？

    Nǐ yígòng huā le duōshǎo qián?

    How much did you spend altogether?

    Sentence #1454462 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 多漂亮的花啊！

    Duō piàoliang de huā a!

    What beautiful flowers!

    Sentence #407228 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这要花时间。

    Zhè yào huā shíjiān.

    This will take time.

    Sentence #5574380 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 花 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 花 (huā) with each of its parts in a different colour
花huāflower
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 化to change · huà

Memory aidA plant 艹 with 化 (huà) for the sound: a flower.

How to write 花

花 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 花

Words with 花

花园huāyuán · garden开花kāihuā · to bloom花生huāshēng · peanut花瓣huābàn · petal花蕾huālěi · flower bud棉花miánhua · cotton烟花爆竹yānhuābàozhú · fireworks and firecrackers锦上添花jǐnshàngtiānhuā · to make something even better

More words: Common Verbs

放fàng · put关guān · to close过guo · particle for past experience (have done)过去guòqù · in the past画huà · draw换huàn · change见面jiànmiàn · meet/see somebody教jiāo · teach

FAQs

花 (huā) means “flower” or “blossom”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it huā: huā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 花 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 朵 (duǒ) or 支 (zhī). For example, one flower is 一朵花 (yì duǒ huā).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 花 from the suggestions. Typing hua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
花 is an HSK 3 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.