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花

huā · hua/Huā · hua

Traditional 芲 / 蘤

HSK 1Old HSK 3Measure words: 朵 duǒ, 支 zhī, 束 shù, 把 bǎ, 盆 pén, 簇 cù

Meaning

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huā 花

  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. fancy pattern
  4. florid
  5. to spend (money, time)
  6. (coll.) lecherous
  7. lustful

Huā 花

  1. surname Hua

huā 芲

  1. old variant of 花 (huā)

huā 蘤

  1. variant of 花 (huā)
  2. flower
  3. blossom
  4. also pr. [wěi]
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Homework time

  1. Dengdeng

    这个(zhège)作业(zuòyè)我(wǒ)花(huā)了(le)三个(sāngè)小时(xiǎoshí)！

    I spent three hours on this homework!

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)花(huā)那么(nàme)久(jiǔ)做(zuò)什么(shénme)作业(zuòyè)？

    What homework did you spend so long on?

  3. Dengdeng

    翻译(fānyì)一(yī)页(yè)英文(yīngwén)。

    Translating one page of English.

  4. Liangliang

    一页(yīyè)？我(wǒ)用(yòng)手机(shǒujī)翻译(fānyì)，花(huā)十(shí)分钟(fēnzhōng)就(jiù)好(hǎo)了(le)。

    One page? I use my phone to translate. It takes ten minutes.

  5. Dengdeng

    什么(shénme)？手机(shǒujī)可以(kěyǐ)翻译(fānyì)？我(wǒ)花(huā)了(le)三个(sāngè)小时(xiǎoshí)！

    What? A phone can translate? I spent three hours!

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01

翻(fān)译(yì)几(jǐ)页(yè)英(yīng)文(wén)花(huā)了(le)我(wǒ)2个(gè)多(duō)小(xiǎo)时(shí)。

It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)把(bǎ)空(kòng)闲(xián)时(shí)间(jiān)全(quán)都(dōu)花(huā)在(zài)阅(yuè)读(dú)上(shàng)。

I spend all my free time reading.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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