HSK 6 · Objects

烟花爆竹 yānhuābàozhú “fireworks and firecrackers” in Chinese

Traditional 煙花爆竹

What 烟花爆竹 means

  1. fireworks and firecrackers
  2. fireworks (i.e. pyrotechnic devices, not the display they produce)

How to say 烟花爆竹

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale烟yān1st tone, high and level
  • 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爆bào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale竹zhú2nd tone, rising

烟花爆竹 in a sentence

  1. 春节的时候，到处都是烟花爆竹的声音。

    Chūnjié de shíhou, dàochù dōu shì yānhuābàozhú de shēngyīn.

    At Spring Festival, you can hear fireworks and firecrackers everywhere.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 很多城市禁止燃放烟花爆竹。

    Hěn duō chéngshì jìnzhǐ ránfàng yānhuābàozhú.

    Many cities ban fireworks and firecrackers.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 烟花爆竹 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 烟 (yān) with each of its parts in a different colour
烟yāncigarette or pipe tobacco
  • 火fire · huǒMeaning part
  • 因cause · yīnSound part

火 hints at the meaning (fire); 因 (yīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yān.

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 爆 (bào) with each of its parts in a different colour
爆bàoto explode; to burst
  • 火fire · huǒ
  • 暴violent · bào
The character 竹 (zhú) drawn as one shape
竹zhúbamboo

竹 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 烟花爆竹

烟 10 strokes · 花 7 strokes · 爆 19 strokes · 竹 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 烟花爆竹

Words with 烟

抽烟chōuyān · to smoke (a cigarette炊烟chuīyān · smoke from cooking fires

Words with 花

花huā · flower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锦上添花jǐnshàngtiānhuā · to make something even better

Words with 爆

爆发bàofā · to break out爆炸bàozhà · to explode

Words with 竹

竹子zhúzi · bamboo

More words: Objects & Materials

弦xián · string (of an instrument or bow)纤维xiānwéi · fibre屑xiè · crumbs样品yàngpǐn · sample油漆yóuqī · paint玉yù · jade渣zhā · dregs帐篷zhàngpeng · tent

FAQs

烟花爆竹 (yānhuābàozhú) means “fireworks and firecrackers” or “fireworks (i.e. pyrotechnic devices, not the display they produce)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yānhuābàozhú: yān with a 1st tone, then huā with a 1st tone, then bào with a 4th tone, then zhú 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, 烟花爆竹 is written 煙花爆竹. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanhuabaozhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 烟花爆竹 from the suggestions. Typing yanhuabaozhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
烟花爆竹 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.