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- flower
- blossom
- CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]
- fancy pattern
- florid
- to spend (money, time)
- (coll.) lecherous
- lustful
- perianth (common term for calyx and corolla)
- border and protecting envelope of a flower
Trad. 花語
- the language of flowers; symbolic meaning associated with a flower
Trad. 擠花
- (cookery) to decorate using a piping bag
- to extrude something though a piping bag
- piping
- candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2])
- (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
- the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom)
- (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan
Trad. 花黃
- yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times)
- flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum
- folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze
- (bicycle wheel) hub
Trad. 花兒
- style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia
- CL:首[shou3]
- name of a person on the household register (old)
- name on a roster
- professional name of a prostitute
- pseudonym
- nickname
Trad. 花唄
- Ant Check Later, consumer credit service offered by Ant Financial Services 螞蟻金服|蚂蚁金服[Ma3 yi3 Jin1 fu2]
Trad. 花園
- garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants
- CL:座[zuo4]
Trad. 黃花
- yellow flowers (of various types)
- chrysanthemum
- cauliflower
- (yellow) daylily
- a young virgin (boy or girl)
Trad. 花壇
- Huatan Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
Trad. 花壇
- decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape
Trad. 花廳
- reception pavilion (generally part of a large residence, and often built in a garden)
- fancy; showy; elaborate
- (HK, Tw) (sports) fancy-style; freestyle (as in 花式溜冰[hua1 shi4 liu1 bing1] "figure skating")
- (Tw) floral formula (notation for representing the structure of flowers)
- fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough)
- worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
- signature (in grass-style writing)
- symbol used in place of a signature (on a document, contract etc)
- the Stars and Stripes (US flag)
- by extension, the United States of America
- abbr. for Citibank 花旗銀行|花旗银行
- spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms)
- cuttlefish (on dining menus)
- (literary) beautiful woman
Trad. 樓花
- apartment building offered for sale before construction is completed
- off-plan property
Trad. 花樣
- pattern
- way of doing sth
- trick
- ruse
- fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating)
Trad. 櫻花
- oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom
- also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry
Trad. 花燭
- wedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal chamber during a traditional Chinese wedding night, symbolizing the union of the couple
- (botany) anthurium
- flower vase
- (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)
Trad. 開花
- to bloom; to blossom; to flower
- (fig.) to burst; to split open
- (fig.) to burst with joy
- (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish