HSK 6 · Nature

花瓣 huābàn “petal” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 花瓣 means

  1. petal

Measure word 片 piàn · 一片花瓣 yí piàn huābàn

How to say 花瓣

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale花huā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale瓣bàn4th tone, falling

花瓣 in a sentence

  1. 花瓣浮在水面上。

    Huābàn fú zài shuǐmiàn shàng.

    The petals are floating on the water.

    Sentence #760833 from Tatoeba

  2. 舞台上撒了花瓣。

    Wǔtái shàng sǎ le huābàn.

    Petals were scattered across the stage.

    Sentence #3100669 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 浴缸里满是热水和花瓣。

    Yùgāng lǐ mǎn shì rèshuǐ hé huābàn.

    The bath was full of hot water and petals.

    Sentence #6135018 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 花瓣 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.

The character 瓣 (bàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
瓣bànpetal
  • 辛bitter · xīn
  • 瓜melon · guāMeaning part
  • 辛bitter · xīn

How to write 花瓣

花 7 strokes · 瓣 19 strokes

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

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

Words related to 花瓣

Words with 花

花huā · flower花园huāyuán · garden开花kāihuā · to bloom花生huāshēng · peanut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: Nature & Environment

鸽子gēzi · pigeon灌溉guàngài · to irrigate光芒guāngmáng · rays of light洪水hóngshuǐ · flood化肥huàféi · chemical fertiliser花蕾huālěi · flower bud化石huàshí · fossil回收huíshōu · to recycle

FAQs

花瓣 (huābàn) means “petal”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huābàn: huā with a 1st tone, then bàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 花瓣 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 片 (piàn). For example, one petal is 一片花瓣 (yí piàn huābàn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huaban with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 花瓣 from the suggestions. Typing huaban into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
花瓣 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.