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 huā variant of 花[hua1] / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]
Results beginning with 花
 huā yuán garden / CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4]
 huā fèi expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure
 huā huì flowers and plants
 huā kāi bloom
 huā qián to spend money
 huā yàng 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)
 huā duǒ flower
 huā ér style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL:首[shou3]
 huā r erhua variant of 花[hua1]
 huā xù bits of news / interesting sidelights
 huā shēng peanut / groundnut / CL:粒[li4]
 huā bàn petal / CL:片[pian4]
 huā xiāng fragrance of flowers
 huā xīn fickle (in love affairs) / dissipated / unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen)
 huā cǎo flowers and plants
 huā wén decorative design
 huā diàn flower shop
 huā mù flowers and trees / plants / flora
 huā píng flower vase / fig. just a pretty face / CL:對|对[dui4]
 huā biān lace / decorative border
 huā sè variety / design and color / suit (cards)
 Huā lián Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan
 huā qí the Stars and Stripes (US flag) / by extension, the United States of America / abbr. for Citibank 花旗銀行|花旗银行
 huā fěn pollen
 huā jì youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season
 huā guān corolla
 huā chī to be smitten with sb / love-struck fool / starry-eyed infatuation
 huā cóng cluster of flowers / inflorescence / flowering shrub
 huā jiāo Sichuan pepper / Chinese prickly ash
 huā niǎo painting of birds and flowers
 huā pén flower pot
 huā zhī spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman
 huā diào to spend (time, money) / to waste
 huā shù bouquet
 huā zhāo trick / maneuver / razzle-dazzle / (martial arts) fancy move / flourish
 huā qī the flowering season
 huā shì fancy-style (as in 花式溜冰|花式溜冰[hua1 shi4 liu1 bing1] figure skating)
 huā chá scented tea / CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
 huā bái grizzled (hair)
 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape
 huā shao garish / gaudy
 huā dàn role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
 huā ruǐ stamen / pistil
 huā lěi bud / flower bud
 huā guāng to spend all one's money
 huā dēng colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
 huā pǔ flowerbed / parterre
 huā huán garland / floral hoop
 huā xiāo to spend (money) / expenses
 huā zi beggar (old term)
 huā chē car festooned for celebration
 huā jiǎ complete sexagenary cycle / a 60 year-old person / passage of time
 huā quān wreath / garland
 huā huì flower fair or festival
 huā xù inflorescence / flower cluster
轿 huā jiào bridal sedan chair
 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica)
 huā kuí the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) / (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan
 huā fáng greenhouse
 huā bù printed cloth / calico
 huā sǎ showerhead / sprinkler
 huā pào firecracker
 huā mì nectar
 huā bāo flower bud
 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname
 huā tīng reception pavilion (generally part of a large residence, and often built in a garden)
 huā jiǔ drinking party with female entertainers
 huā ní tweed / checkered cloth
 huā diāo Shaoxing yellow wine
 huā jiàng gardener
 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub
 huā cài cauliflower
 huā tóu flower head
 huā tou trick / pattern / novel idea / knack
 huā jiàn foil (fencing)
 huā nóng flower grower
 huā shì floral decoration / ornament / floral pattern
 huā zhǎn flower show
 huā bān patches / mottling
 huā juǎn Chinese steamed twisted bread roll
 huā tái flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand
 huā è sepal
 huā qiāng short spear (arch.) / fig. trickery
 huā bèi perianth (common term for calyx and corolla) / border and protecting envelope of a flower
 huā gěng stem of flower
 huā yào anther (pollen sack on stamen)
 huā qiāng florid ornamentation in opera / coloratura
 huā sī stalk (filament) of stamen
 huā zhù style (female organ of flower)
 huā quán showy boxing of no practical use / see 花拳繡腿|花拳绣腿
 huā tuō receptacle (base of flower)
 huā bào leopard / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
 Huā bei Ant Check Later, consumer credit service offered by Ant Financial Services 螞蟻金服|蚂蚁金服[Ma3 yi3 Jin1 fu2]
 huā cǎi to festoon / to decorate with a row of colored garlands
 huā chuáng flower bed
 huā cù bunch of flowers / bouquet
 Huā dū Huadu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong / alternative name for Paris
 huā duàn brocade / figured satin
 huā féi fertilizer for potted flowers / fertilizer used to promote flowering in crop plants
 huā gé clam / bivalve mollusk, many spp.
 huā hù registered occupants of a house
 huā huáng yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times)
 huā huǒ firework
 huā huó trick / deception
 huā jī chaffinch (family Fringillidae)
 huā jiǎo dumpling
 huā jié decorative bow of ribbon or fabric
 huā jiē red-light district
 huā lián see 鱅魚|鳙鱼[yong1 yu2]
 huā mǎng python
 huā qiào fancy / gaudy
 huā qiǎo fancy
 Huā shān Huashan district of Ma'anshan city 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市[Ma3 an1 shan1 shi4], Anhui
 huā shāng florist
 huā shí marble
 huā tóng page boy / flower girl (at a wedding)
 Huā xī Huaxi District of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4], Guizhou
谿 huā xī variant of 花溪, Huaxi district of Guiyang city 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 shi4], Guizhou
 huā yā signature (in grass-style writing) / symbol used in place of a signature (on a document, contract etc)
 huā yòng to spend (money)
 Huā yuán Huayuan County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
 huā zhāo variant of 花招[hua1 zhao1]
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 huā gāng yán granite
 huā gāng shí granite
 huā shēng mǐ shelled peanuts
 Huā Mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
 Huā guǒ Shān Mount Huaguo in Jiangsu, featured in 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4], tourist destination / (also the name of mountains in other parts of China)
 huā jià zi attractive appearance, but without substance
 huā yē cài cauliflower
 huā lù shuǐ perfumed toilet water / eau de cologne / floral water / hydrosol
 huā qí shēn American ginseng
 huā qīng sù anthocyanidin (biochemistry)
 huā gǔ xì opera form popular along Changjiang
 huā bān xuǎn pityriasis versicolor (aka tinea versicolor), blotchy skin condition common in tropical areas, common name 汗斑[han4 ban1]
 huā bǎ shì expert flower grower
 huā bǎ shì expert flower grower
 huā biān r erhua variant of 花邊|花边[hua1 bian1]
 huā chí zi flower bed
 huā dà jiě common word for ladybug, more formally 瓢蟲|瓢虫[piao2 chong2]
 huā dēng xì opera for popular in Sichuan and Yunnan
 huā diǎn zi trickery / scam
 Huā dū qū Huadu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong
 huā fěn rè hay fever
 huā fěn zhèng hay fever / seasonal allergic rhinitis
 huā gǔ duo (coll.) flower bud
 huā kuò hào braces / curly brackets { }
 huā láng dào Hwarang
 Huā lián shì Hualien city on the east coast of Taiwan
 Huā lián xiàn Hualien County on the east coast of Taiwan
 huā liǎn yā (bird species of China) Baikal teal (Anas formosa)
Approximate Results for 花
 xiān huā flower / fresh flowers / CL:朵[duo3]
 táo huā peach blossom / (fig.) love affair
 mián hua cotton
 yān huā fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
 lián huā lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily
 yīng huā oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom / also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry
 xuě huā snowflake
 huǒ huā spark / sparkle
 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / fig. to burst open / to feel happy or elated / new development grows out
 méi huā plum blossom / clubs &clubs / (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect)
 jú huā chrysanthemum / (slang) anus
 rú huā flowery
 bǎi huā all kinds of flowers
 yìn huā tax stamp
 lán huā cymbidium / orchid
 hé huā lotus
 yào huā cost;
 guì huā osmanthus flowers / Osmanthus fragrans
 làng huā spray / ocean spray / spindrift / fig. happenings from one's life / CL:朵[duo3]
 hóng huā safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
 yǎn huā dimmed eyesight / blurred / vague and unclear vision
 xiào huā the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiao4 cao3]) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen
 xiù huā to embroider / to do embroidery
 kuí huā sunflower
 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl)
 yě huā wildflower / woman of easy virtue
 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil
 shuǐ huā splash / algal bloom / chickenpox (dialect)
 chā huā flower arranging / ikebana
 lèi huā tears in the eyes
 xiàn huā to offer flowers / to lay flowers (as a memorial)
 diāo huā carving / decorative carved pattern / arabesque
 tàn huā candidate who came third in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
 má huā fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
 qīng huā blue and white (porcelain)
 tí huā Jacquard weave (machine weaving leaving protruding pattern)
 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women
 lǐ huā fireworks
 xìng huā apricot blossoms
 piàn huā trailer (for a movie)
 fán huā flourishing blossom / a mass of flowers / luxuriant flowers
 zhòng huā to grow flowers / floriculture
 cài huā cauliflower / gonorrhea
 tán huā Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
 cōng huā chopped onion
 chá huā camellia
 xiāng huā fragrant flower / fig. beneficial (of artworks etc)
 pén huā potted flower
 yǎng huā growing flowers
 dòu huā jellied tofu / soft bean curd
 lǎo huā presbyopia
 luàn huā to spend recklessly / to waste money
 yā huā to emboss / coining / knurling
 jiāo huā to water the plants / to water the garden
 guó huā national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹[mu3 dan1] in China)
 xiōng huā corsage / boutonnière
 bīng huā ice crystal / frost (on windows)
 tiē huā appliqué / decalcomania
 jǐng huā attractive policewoman / young female cop
 chuāng huā paper cutting
 tiǎo huā cross-stitch (embroidery)
 hūn huā dim (eyesight) / blurred (vision)
 jiǔ huā hops
 zhǐ huā paper flower
 cí huā female flower
 tuán huā rounded embroidery design
 bào huā wood shavings
 gāng huā the fiery spray of molten steel
 guà huā to be wounded / (of plants) to bloom
 bān huā the prettiest girl in the class
 bào huā see 爆米花[bao4 mi3 hua1]
 bǔ huā applique
 cì huā to tattoo / tattoo
 diàn huā indigo
 gòng huā flower offering
 gōu huā to crochet
 huà huā engraving (on porcelain etc)
 huáng huā virgin / orange day lily (Hemerocallis fulva) / Chrysanthemum
 hú huā to spend recklessly / to squander money
 jì huā fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense), evergreen shrub
 jǐ huā (cookery) to decorate using a piping bag / to extrude something though a piping bag / piping
 jìng huā decorative mirror
 kǎo huā to emboss
 lóu huā apartment building offered for sale before construction is completed / off-plan property
 lú huā reed catkin / reed flower
 pěng huā (wedding) bouquet
 qún huā blossom
 shuāng huā frost forming a pattern on a surface / rime
 táng huā hothouse flower (i.e. flower grown in a greenhouse)
 táng huā variant of 唐花[tang2 hua1]
 tán huā to soften cotton fiber by fluffing
 tí huā title design
 tóng huā flush (poker)
 Wàng huā Wanghua district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning
 xián huā wild flower
 xún huā flower-viewing / to visit a prostitute
 yóu huā (dialect) (postage) stamp
 yóu huā grease or fat blobs at the surface of a liquid / tricky and dissolute
 yuán huā lilac daphne / Daphne genkwa
 Yǔ huā Yuhua district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 shi4], Hunan
 yù huā shower puff / shower sponge
 yú huā fry / newly hatched fish
 zháo huā to blossom / to come to flower / to be in bloom
 zhī huā woven pattern
 zhuó huā to blossom / see 著花|着花[zhao2 hua1]
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 méi guī huā rose
 tiān huā bǎn ceiling
 Sōng huā jiāng Songhua River in Jilin province 吉林省 / through Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], a tributary of Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江
 bào mǐ huā puffed rice / popcorn
 táo huā yuán the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity / utopia
 yìn huā shuì stamp duty
 líng huā qián pocket money / allowance
 táo huā yùn luck with the ladies / a romance / good luck
 jīn yín huā honeysuckle
 bái huā huā shining white
 huǒ huā sāi spark plug
 wàn huā tǒng kaleidoscope
 wú huā guǒ fig (Ficus carica)
 dù juān huā Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch)
 Bǎi huā yuán Garden of Many Flowers (name) / Baihua garden in Hongmiao village 洪廟村|洪庙村[Hong2 miao4 cun1], Shandong
 diàn huǒ huā electric spark
鹿 méi huā lù sika deer
 jiě mèi huā beautiful sisters
 shuǐ xiān huā daffodil / narcissus / CL:棵[ke1]
 zhī zi huā cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
 bào huā bǎn particle board / chipboard
 huáng huā cài citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni) / golden needles (edible flower)
 wǔ huā ròu pork belly / streaky pork
 jiào huā zi beggar
 xiù huā xié embroidered shoes
 bǐ àn huā red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / cluster amaryllis
 bǎi huā jiǎng Hundred Flowers Awards, flim prize awarded since 1962
 yíng chūn huā winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
 luàn huā qián to spend money recklessly / to squander
西 xī lán huā broccoli
 jú huā chá chrysanthemum tea
 qiān niú huā white-edged morning glory
 shān chá huā camellia
 xìng huā cūn village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 / by 杜牧[Du4 Mu4])
 qīng huā cí blue and white porcelain
 cǎi huā zéi lit. flower thief / fig. rapist
 Huáng huā gǎng Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April 1911
 lǎo huā jìng presbyopic glasses
 yù lán huā magnolia
 mù lán huā magnolia
 pí jiǔ huā hops
 tóng huā shùn straight flush (poker)
 huáng huā yú yellow croaker (fish) / corvina
 hú dié huā iris / Iris tectorum
 Táo huā Shàn The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren 孔尚任[Kong3 Shang4 ren4]
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