a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
百花园百花園bai3 hua1 yuan2
Garden of Many Flowers (name); Baihua garden in Hongmiao village 洪廟村|洪庙村, Shandong
百花运动百花運動bai3 hua1 yun4 dong4
Hundred Flowers Campaign (PRC, 1956-57), in which Mao called for the taboo on discussing mistakes of the CCP to be lifted
River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛|张若虚
纯色啄花鸟純色啄花鳥chun2 se4 zhuo2 hua1 niao3
(bird species of China) plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum)
葱花蔥花cong1 hua1
chopped onion
达鲁花赤達魯花赤da2 lu3 hua1 chi4
Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times
大丽花大麗花da4 li4 hua1
dahlia
蛋花汤蛋花湯dan4 hua1 tang1
clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable; eggdrop soup
灯笼花燈籠花deng1 long2 hua1
Chinese enkianthus
靛花靛花dian4 hua1
indigo
电火花電火花dian4 huo3 hua1
electric spark
雕花雕花diao1 hua1
carving; decorative carved pattern; arabesque
吊钟花吊鐘花diao4 zhong1 hua1
Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus)
洞房花烛洞房花燭dong4 fang2 hua1 zhu2
bridal room and ornamented candles; wedding festivities (idiom)
洞房花烛夜洞房花燭夜dong4 fang2 hua1 zhu2 ye4
wedding night
豆花豆花dou4 hua1
jellied tofu; soft bean curd
杜鹃花杜鵑花du4 juan1 hua1
Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch)
杜鹃花科杜鵑花科du4 juan1 hua1 ke1
Ericaceae (botany), genus containing rhododendron and azalea
多栽花少栽刺多栽花少栽刺duo1 zai1 hua1 shao3 zai1 ci4
talk nicely and avoid disputes; give compliments and not remarks
番红花番紅花fan1 hong2 hua1
saffron (Crocus sativus)
繁花繁花fan2 hua1
flourishing blossom; a mass of flowers; luxuriant flowers
风花雪月風花雪月feng1 hua1 xue3 yue4
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance; love affair; romance is in the air; dissipated life
凤仙花鳳仙花feng4 xian1 hua1
balsam; Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina); touch-me-not; busy Lizzie
芙蓉花芙蓉花fu2 rong2 hua1
cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis); lotus
钢花鋼花gang1 hua1
the fiery spray of molten steel
搞花样搞花樣gao3 hua1 yang4
to play tricks; to cheat; to deceive
搞花样儿搞花樣兒gao3 hua1 yang4 er5
erhua variant of 搞花樣|搞花样
格子花呢格子花呢ge2 zi5 hua1 ni2
tartan; plaid
供佛花供佛花gong4 fo2 hua1
flower offering
供花供花gong4 hua1
flower offering
钩花鉤花gou1 hua1
to crochet
挂花掛花gua4 hua1
to be wounded; (of plants) to bloom
龟壳花龜殼花gui1 ke2 hua1
Formosan pit viper; Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus
桂花桂花gui4 hua1
osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans
国花國花guo2 hua1
national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹 in China)
海上花列传海上花列傳hai3 shang4 hua1 lie4 zhuan4
The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆, long novel of lower life in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular; translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang
海棠花海棠花hai3 tang2 hua1
Chinese flowering crab-apple (Malus spectabilis)
荷花荷花he2 hua1
lotus
黑漆麻花黑漆麻花hei1 qi1 ma2 hua1
pitch-dark; coal black
红花紅花hong2 hua1
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
红花岗紅花崗hong2 hua1 gang3
Honghua district of Zun'yi city 遵義市|遵义市, Guizhou
红花岗区紅花崗區hong2 hua1 gang3 qu1
Honghua district of Zun'yi city 遵義市|遵义市, Guizhou
红梅花雀紅梅花雀hong2 mei2 hua1 que4
(bird species of China) red avadavat (Amandava amandava)
红胸啄花鸟紅胸啄花鳥hong2 xiong1 zhuo2 hua1 niao3
(bird species of China) fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus)
厚嘴啄花鸟厚嘴啄花鳥hou4 zui3 zhuo2 hua1 niao3
(bird species of China) thick-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile)
湖北花楸湖北花楸hu2 bei3 hua1 qiu1
Chinese Rowan tree; Sorbus hupehensis or Hupeh rowan
蝴蝶花蝴蝶花hu2 die2 hua1
iris; Iris tectorum
胡花胡花hu2 hua1
to spend recklessly; to squander money
胡姬花胡姬花hu2 ji1 hua1
Vanda miss joaquim (hybrid orchid), national flower of Singapore
花把势花把勢hua1 ba3 shi4
expert flower grower
花把式花把式hua1 ba3 shi4
expert flower grower
花白花白hua1 bai2
grizzled (hair)
花斑花斑hua1 ban1
patches; mottling
花斑癣花斑癬hua1 ban1 xuan3
pityriasis versicolor (aka tinea versicolor), blotchy skin condition common in tropical areas, common name 汗斑
花瓣花瓣hua1 ban4
petal
花苞花苞hua1 bao1
flower bud
花豹花豹hua1 bao4
leopard
花被花被hua1 bei4
perianth (common term for calyx and corolla); border and protecting envelope of a flower
花边花邊hua1 bian1
lace; decorative border
花边儿花邊兒hua1 bian1 er5
erhua variant of 花邊|花边
花边人物花邊人物hua1 bian1 ren2 wu4
smooth talker; fast talker; slick and sociable person; person in the news
花边新闻花邊新聞hua1 bian1 xin1 wen2
media gossip; sensational news
花布花布hua1 bu4
printed cloth; calico
花不棱登花不稜登hua1 bu4 leng2 deng1
gaudy; repulsively colored
花彩花彩hua1 cai3
to festoon; to decorate with a row of colored garlands
花彩雀莺花彩雀鶯hua1 cai3 que4 ying1
(bird species of China) white-browed tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)
花菜花菜hua1 cai4
cauliflower
花草花草hua1 cao3
flowers and plants
花茶花茶hua1 cha2
scented tea
花车花車hua1 che1
car festooned for celebration
花痴花痴hua1 chi1
to be smitten with sb; love-struck fool; starry-eyed infatuation
花池子花池子hua1 chi2 zi5
flower bed
花床花床hua1 chuang2
flower bed
花丛花叢hua1 cong2
cluster of flowers; inflorescence; flowering shrub
花簇花簇hua1 cu4
bunch of flowers; bouquet
花大姐花大姐hua1 da4 jie3
common word for ladybug, more formally 瓢虫
花旦花旦hua1 dan4
role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
花灯花燈hua1 deng1
colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
花灯戏花燈戲hua1 deng1 xi4
opera for popular in Sichuan and Yunnan
花地玛堂区花地瑪堂區hua1 di4 ma3 tang2 qu1
Parish of Our Lady of Fatima (Macau); Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima
花点子花點子hua1 dian3 zi5
trickery; scam
花店花店hua1 dian4
flower shop
花雕花雕hua1 diao1
Shaoxing yellow wine
花掉花掉hua1 diao4
to spend (time, money); to waste
花都花都hua1 du1
Huadu district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
花都区花都區hua1 du1 qu1
Huadu district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
花缎花緞hua1 duan4
brocade; figured satin
花朵花朵hua1 duo3
flower
花萼花萼hua1 e4
sepal
花儿花兒hua1 er2
style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia
花儿花兒hua1 er5
erhua variant of 花
花房花房hua1 fang2
greenhouse
花肥花肥hua1 fei2
fertilizer for potted flowers; fertilizer used to promote flowering in crop plants
花费花費hua1 fei4
expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure
花粉花粉hua1 fen3
pollen
花粉过敏花粉過敏hua1 fen3 guo4 min3
hay fever
花粉热花粉熱hua1 fen3 re4
hay fever
花粉症花粉症hua1 fen3 zheng4
hay fever; seasonal allergic rhinitis
花腹绿啄木鸟花腹綠啄木鳥hua1 fu4 lv4 zhuo2 mu4 niao3
(bird species of China) laced woodpecker (Picus vittatus)
花岗石花崗石hua1 gang1 shi2
granite
花岗岩花崗岩hua1 gang1 yan2
granite
花蛤花蛤hua1 ge2
clam; bivalve mollusc, many spp.
花梗花梗hua1 geng3
stem of flower
花鼓花鼓hua1 gu3
flower-drum, a folk art form involving singing and dancing
花骨朵花骨朵hua1 gu3 duo5
(coll.) flower bud
花鼓戏花鼓戲hua1 gu3 xi4
opera form popular along Changjiang
花冠花冠hua1 guan1
corolla
花冠皱盔犀鸟花冠皺盔犀鳥hua1 guan1 zhou4 kui1 xi1 niao3
(bird species of China) wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)
花光花光hua1 guang1
to spend all one's money
花果山花果山hua1 guo3 shan1
Mount Huaguo in Jiangsu, featured in 西遊記|西游记, tourist destination; (also the name of mountains in other parts of China)
the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911
黄花岗黃花崗huang2 hua1 gang3
Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April 1911
黄花岗起义黃花崗起義huang2 hua1 gang3 qi3 yi4
Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 in Guangzhou, one a long series of unsuccessful uprisings of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party
黄花姑娘黃花姑娘huang2 hua1 gu1 niang5
maiden; virgin girl
黄花闺女黃花閨女huang2 hua1 gui1 nv3
maiden; virgin
黄花梨木黃花梨木huang2 hua1 li2 mu4
yellow rosewood
黄花女黃花女huang2 hua1 nv3
maiden; virgin
黄花女儿黃花女兒huang2 hua1 nv3 er2
see 黃花閨女|黄花闺女
黄花幼女黃花幼女huang2 hua1 you4 nv3
maiden; virgin
黄花鱼黃花魚huang2 hua1 yu2
yellow croaker (fish); corvina
昏花昏花hun1 hua1
dim (eyesight); blurred (vision)
火鹤花火鶴花huo3 he4 hua1
flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
火花火花huo3 hua1
spark; sparkle
火花塞火花塞huo3 hua1 sai1
spark plug
火树银花火樹銀花huo3 shu4 yin2 hua1
display of fireworks and lanterns
击鼓传花擊鼓傳花ji1 gu3 chuan2 hua1
beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)
鸡冠花雞冠花ji1 guan1 hua1
cockscomb flower; Celosia cristata
鸡米花雞米花ji1 mi3 hua1
chicken nuggets; popcorn chicken
挤花擠花ji3 hua1
(cookery) to decorate using a piping bag; to extrude something though a piping bag; piping
a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
浇花澆花jiao1 hua1
to water the plants; to water the garden
叫花子叫花子jiao4 hua1 zi5
beggar
羯鼓催花羯鼓催花jie2 gu3 cui1 hua1
drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
姐妹花姐妹花jie3 mei4 hua1
beautiful sisters
借花献佛借花獻佛jie4 hua1 xian4 fo2
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property; plagiarism
金雀花金雀花jin1 que4 hua1
broom; furze (family Fabaceae)
金银花金銀花jin1 yin2 hua1
honeysuckle
金针花金針花jin1 zhen1 hua1
orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
锦上添花錦上添花jin3 shang4 tian1 hua1
lit. on brocade, add flowers (idiom); to decorate sth already perfect; gilding the lily
经丝彩色显花經絲彩色顯花jing1 si1 cai3 se4 xian3 hua1
warp brocade; woven fabric with single woof but colored warp
警花警花jing3 hua1
attractive policewoman; young female cop
镜花鏡花jing4 hua1
decorative mirror
镜花水月鏡花水月jing4 hua1 shui3 yue4
lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom); fig. an unrealistic rosy view; viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles; also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花
镜花缘鏡花緣jing4 hua1 yuan2
Jinghua Yuan or Flowers in the Mirror, Qing novel of fantasy and erudition (early 19th century) by Li Ruzhen 李汝珍
韭菜花韭菜花jiu3 cai4 hua1
chives (Allium tuberosum)
酒花酒花jiu3 hua1
hops
菊花菊花ju2 hua1
chrysanthemum; (slang) anus
菊花茶菊花茶ju2 hua1 cha2
chrysanthemum tea
开花開花kai1 hua1
to bloom; to blossom; to flower; fig. to burst open; to feel happy or elated; new development grows out
开花儿開花兒kai1 hua1 er5
erhua variant of 開花|开花
开花衣開花衣kai1 hua1 yi1
to open a bale of cotton
看花眼看花眼kan1 hua1 yan3
to be dazzled; to not believe one's own eyes
拷花拷花kao3 hua1
to emboss
客西马尼花园客西馬尼花園ke4 xi1 ma3 ni2 hua1 yuan2
Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story)
空中花园空中花園kong1 zhong1 hua1 yuan2
hanging gardens (Babylon etc); rooftop garden
苦菜花苦菜花ku3 cai4 hua1
Bitter Cauliflower, 1954 socialist realist novel by Feng Deying 馮德英|冯德英 loosely based on Maxim Gorky's Mother, made into a 1967 film by Li Ang
葵花葵花kui2 hua1
sunflower
葵花子葵花子kui2 hua1 zi3
sunflower seeds
喇叭花喇叭花la3 ba5 hua1
morning glory
兰花蘭花lan2 hua1
cymbidium; orchid
兰花指蘭花指lan2 hua1 zhi3
hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended)
蓝饰带花藍飾帶花lan2 shi4 dai4 hua1
blue lace flower (Trachymene caerulea)
蓝枕花蜜鸟藍枕花蜜鳥lan2 zhen3 hua1 mi4 niao3
(bird species of China) purple-naped sunbird (Hypogramma hypogrammicum)
烂桃花爛桃花lan4 tao2 hua1
unhappy love affair
浪花浪花lang4 hua1
spray; ocean spray; spindrift; fig. happenings from one's life
老花老花lao3 hua1
presbyopia
老花镜老花鏡lao3 hua1 jing4
presbyopic glasses
老花眼老花眼lao3 hua1 yan3
presbyopia
老眼昏花老眼昏花lao3 yan3 hun1 hua1
blurred vision of an old person (idiom)
乐开花樂開花le4 kai1 hua1
to burst with joy
蕾丝花边蕾絲花邊lei3 si1 hua1 bian1
lace border (loanword)
泪花淚花lei4 hua1
tears in the eyes
梨花带雨梨花帶雨li2 hua1 dai4 yu3
lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom); fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
礼花禮花li3 hua1
fireworks
莲花蓮花lian2 hua1
lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily
莲花白蓮花白lian2 hua1 bai2
(dialect) cabbage
莲花落蓮花落lian2 hua1 lao4
genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers
莲花县蓮花縣lian2 hua1 xian4
Lianhua county in Pingxiang 萍鄉|萍乡, Jiangxi
两性花兩性花liang3 xing4 hua1
hermaphrodite flower
菱花镜菱花鏡ling2 hua1 jing4
antique bronze mirror with flower petal edging, most commonly from the Tang dynasty
零花钱零花錢ling2 hua1 qian2
pocket money; allowance
凌霄花凌霄花ling2 xiao1 hua1
Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)
柳暗花明柳暗花明liu3 an4 hua1 ming2
lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope; light at the end of the tunnel
柳绿花红柳綠花紅liu3 lv4 hua1 hong2
green willow and red flowers; all the colors of spring
柳陌花衢柳陌花衢liu3 mo4 hua1 qu2
brothel
柳啼花怨柳啼花怨liu3 ti2 hua1 yuan4
desolate
柳烟花雾柳煙花霧liu3 yan1 hua1 wu4
lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring
lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom); fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love)
洛神花洛神花luo4 shen2 hua1
roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
绿坝·花季护航綠壩·花季護航lv4 ba4 - hua1 ji4 hu4 hang2
Green Dam Youth Escort, Internet content-control software (abbreviated to 綠壩|绿坝)
绿菜花綠菜花lv4 cai4 hua1
broccoli
绿花菜綠花菜lv4 hua1 cai4
broccoli
绿花椰菜綠花椰菜lv4 hua1 ye1 cai4
broccoli
麻花麻花ma2 hua1
fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough); worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
麻花辫麻花辮ma2 hua1 bian4
braided pigtail
马兰花馬蘭花ma3 lan2 hua1
iris; Iris tectorum
马缨花馬纓花ma3 ying1 hua1
Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin); tree rhododendron (Rhododendron delavayi)
lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree; fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect; well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
鱼花魚花yu2 hua1
fry; newly hatched fish
雨花雨花yu3 hua1
Yuhua district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan
雨花区雨花區yu3 hua1 qu1
Yuhua district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan
雨花台雨花臺yu3 hua1 tai2
Yuhuatai district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
雨花台区雨花臺區yu3 hua1 tai2 qu1
Yuhuatai district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
浴花浴花yu4 hua1
shower puff; shower sponge
玉兰花玉蘭花yu4 lan2 hua1
magnolia
玉米花玉米花yu4 mi3 hua1
popcorn
鸢尾花鳶尾花yuan1 wei3 hua1
iris (family Iridaceae)
芫花芫花yuan2 hua1
lilac daphne; Daphne genkwa
芫花素芫花素yuan2 hua1 su4
genkwanin
月下花前月下花前yue4 xia4 hua1 qian2
lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom); fig. romantic surroundings
藏红花藏紅花zang4 hong2 hua1
saffron (Crocus sativus)
沾花惹草沾花惹草zhan1 hua1 re3 cao3
to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom); to womanize; to frequent brothels; to sow one's wild oats
朝花夕拾朝花夕拾zhao1 hua1 xi1 shi1
"Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk", a collection of autobiographical essays by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
着花著花zhao2 hua1
to blossom; to come to flower; to be in bloom
织花織花zhi1 hua1
woven pattern
栀子花梔子花zhi1 zi5 hua1
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
纸花紙花zhi3 hua1
paper flower
种花種花zhong4 hua1
to grow flowers; floriculture
朱背啄花鸟朱背啄花鳥zhu1 bei4 zhuo2 hua1 niao3
(bird species of China) scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
着花著花zhuo2 hua1
to blossom; see 著花|着花
啄花鸟啄花鳥zhuo2 hua1 niao3
flowerpecker (any bird of the family Dicaeidae)
紫花地丁紫花地丁zi3 hua1 di4 ding1
Chinese violet (Viola mandsurica)
紫色花蜜鸟紫色花蜜鳥zi3 se4 hua1 mi4 niao3
(bird species of China) purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
紫锥花紫錐花zi3 zhui1 hua1
coneflower genus (Echinacea)
走马观花走馬觀花zou3 ma3 guan1 hua1
lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); a fleeting glance in passing; fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation; to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information
走马看花走馬看花zou3 ma3 kan4 hua1
lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation; to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information