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花

Mandarin · pinyin huā#

flower
blossom
Classifier: 朵 duǒ, 支 zhī, 束 shù, 把 bǎ, 盆 pén, 簇 cù
fancy pattern
florid
to spend (money, time)
(coll.) lecherous
lustful

Mandarin · pinyin Huā#

surname Hua

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花: huā · flower; blossoms

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Cantonese word readings for 花. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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flower; blossom (Classifier: 朵 m c; 支 m c; 蕊 h mn; 束 m c; 把 m; 盆 m c; 簇 m; 紮／扎 c)
florid; flowery
pattern; design
blurred
fireworks
essence; cream
wound; wounded
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 天花 (tiānhuā, “smallpox”)
courtesan; prostitute
to spend (money, time, etc.); to cost
profligate
(slang) randy; lecherous
(slang) to be horny; to womanize
false
(Cantonese) scratched
(Cantonese, of images, drawings, patterns, etc.) over-colorful; chaotic; messy
(Cantonese, mahjong) bonus tile (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 檯／台 c)
(Cantonese, card games) flush
(Hong Kong) pip (insignia) (Classifier: 粒 c)
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to extinguish; to put out (of fire)
(Quanzhou Hokkien) to disappear (of a scar)
(dialectal Mandarin, Northern Wu) clipping of 棉花 (“cotton”)
(Shanghainese) to tease
a surname, Hua

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