Sentence #8616041 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
鲜花盛开。
Xiānhuā shèngkāi.
The flowers are in full bloom.
Sentence #819286 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 盛开 is built
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盛shèngflourishing
成to accomplish · chéngSound part
皿dish · mǐnMeaning part
皿 hints at the meaning (dish); 成 (chéng) hints at the sound. Compare it with shèng.
开kāito open
一one · yī
廾two hands · gǒng
Memory aidSimplified from 開: two hands lifting the bar of a gate 門: to open.
How to write 盛开
盛 11 strokes · 开 4 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 盛开 (shèngkāi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
盛开 (shèngkāi) means “to be in full bloom” or “blooming”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shèngkāi: shèng with a 4th tone, then kāi with a 1st 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, 盛开 is written 盛開. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shengkai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 盛开 from the suggestions. Typing shengkai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
盛开 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.
盛shèng4th tone, falling
开kāi1st tone, high and level
