HSK 6 · Adjectives

华丽 huálì “magnificent” in Chinese

Traditional 華麗

What 华丽 means

  1. magnificent
  2. gorgeous
  3. ornate

How to say 华丽

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale华huá2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale丽lì4th tone, falling

华丽 in a sentence

  1. 她穿着一件华丽的长裙。

    Tā chuān zhe yí jiàn huálì de chángqún.

    She’s wearing a gorgeous long dress.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这家酒店的大厅装修得很华丽。

    Zhè jiā jiǔdiàn de dàtīng zhuāngxiū de hěn huálì.

    The hotel lobby is lavishly decorated.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 华丽 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 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.

The character 丽 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
丽lìbeautiful
  • 一one · yī
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 丶dot · zhǔ

How to write 华丽

华 6 strokes · 丽 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 华丽

Words with 华

豪华háohuá · luxurious华裔Huáyì · ethnic Chinese繁华fánhuá · bustling华侨huáqiáo · overseas Chinese精华jīnghuá · essence

Words with 丽

美丽měilì · beautiful壮丽zhuànglì · magnificent

More words: Adjectives

横héng · horizontal和气héqi · friendly和谐héxié · harmonious宏伟hóngwěi · magnificent荒凉huāngliáng · desolate荒谬huāngmiù · absurd荒唐huāngtang · absurd辉煌huīhuáng · brilliant

FAQs

华丽 (huálì) means “magnificent” or “gorgeous”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huálì: huá with a 2nd tone, then lì with a 4th 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, 华丽 is written 華麗. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huali with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 华丽 from the suggestions. Typing huali into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
华丽 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.