华 - huá - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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華 (华)

huá

Definition

magnificent
flowery
splendid
China (abbr)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (9)

燁

yè

blaze of fire; glorious

樺

huà

birch tree; Betula japonica

crashing sound

cat-calling sound; clamor; noise

曄

yè

bright light; to sparkle

chestnut horse

beautiful; used in girls' names

plowshare; spade

gorgeous

Related words (47)

gorgeous

(literary) gray hair

magnificent residence; splendid house

華彩

huá cǎi

gorgeous; resplendent or rich color

華族

huá zú

noble family; of Chinese ancestry

decorated carriage

light; decorated lantern

華蓋

huá gài

imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage); aureole; halo

華美

huá měi

magnificent; gorgeous; ornate

華表

huá biǎo

marble pillar (ornamental column in front of places, tombs)

華誕

huá dàn

your birthday (honorific)

sumptuous; luxurious

li (Chinese unit of distance)

luxurious; opulent

waltz (dance) (loanword)

warfarin (loanword)

early evening when lanterns are first lit

雲華

yún huá

muscovite, mica (used in TCM); Muscovitum

光華

guāng huá

brilliance; splendor; magnificence

升華

shēng huá

to sublimate; sublimation (physics); to raise to a higher level; to refine; promotion

南華

nán huá

south or southern China

奢華

shē huá

luxurious; sumptuous; lavish

years; time; age

talent

anti-Chinese (policies, actions, sentiments etc); Sinophobia

moonlight

to sinter (metallurgy)

浮華

fú huá

ostentatious; pretentious; showy

精華

jīng huá

best feature; most important part (of an object); quintessence; essence; soul

繁華

fán huá

flourishing; bustling

young years; youth

glory and splendor

the cream; essence; the quintessence

luxurious

magnificent

stationed in China; located in China

carnival (loanword)

travertine (geology); tufa (a type of banded marble)

deluxe model

use Chinese collaborators to subdue the Chinese (imperialist policy)

初露才華

chū lù cái huá

first sign of budding talent; to display one's ability for the first time

取其精華

qǔ qí jīng huá

to take the best; to absorb the essence

才華橫溢

cái huá héng yì

brimming over with talent (esp. literary); brilliant

樸實無華

pǔshíwúhuá

simple and unadorned (saying); plain; no-frills; unpretentious

the prime of life

limousine; luxury carriage

風華正茂

fēng huá zhèng mào

in one's prime

Idioms (11)

華屋丘墟

huá wū qiū xū

magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins

華而不實

huá ér bù shí

flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside; flashy

似水年華

sì shuǐ nián huá

fleeting years (idiom)

含英咀華

hán yīng jǔ huá

to savor fine writing (idiom)

容華絕代

róng huá jué dài

to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom)

才華出眾

cái huá chū zhòng

outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit

才華蓋世

cái huá gài shì

peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit

榮華富貴

róng huá fù guì

glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth

豆寇年華

dòu kòu nián huá

used erroneously for 豆蔻年華|豆蔻年华, a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood; a budding beauty

豆蔻年華

dòu kòu nián huá

a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood; a budding beauty

風華絕代

fēng huá jué dài

magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom); peerless talent

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