花
芲Meanings
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- 1.old variant of 花[huā]
- 1.surname Hua
- 1.flower
- 2.blossom
- 3.CL:朵[duǒ],支[zhī],束[shù],把[bǎ],盆[pén],簇[cù]
- 4.fancy pattern
- 5.florid
- 6.to spend (money, time)
- 7.(coll.) lecherous
- 8.lustful
- 1.variant of 花[huā]
- 2.flower
- 3.blossom
- 4.also pr. [wěi]
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Wiktionary
- 1.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)
- 2.florid; flowery
- 3.pattern; design
- 4.blurred
- 5.fireworks
- 6.essence; cream
- 7.wound; wounded
- 8.courtesan; prostitute
- 9.to spend (money, time, etc.); to cost
- 10.profligate
- 11.randy; lecherous
- 12.to be horny; to womanize
- 13.false
- 14.scratched
- 15.over-colorful; chaotic; messy
- 16.bonus tile (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 檯／台 c)
- 17.flush
- 18.pip (insignia) (Classifier: 粒 c)
- 19.to extinguish; to put out (of fire)
- 20.to disappear (of a scar)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *hʷraː): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 化 (OC *hŋʷraːls). Originally 𠌶 or 華 before the Han dynasty. Unclear. Possibly of Sino-Tibetan origin. Schuessler (2007) derives it from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *baːr (“bloom, flower”) and thus an example of possible *b ~ *w variation, with final -r moved to medial position. If so, cognate with 葩 (MC phae); outside Sinitic, compare Burmese ပန်း (pan:), Lepcha ᰓᰫᰲ (búr), Mizo páar, etc. Sagart (2021) also connects it to 葩 (OC *pʰˤra), modifying Baxter and Sagart's (2014) reconstruction to *Cə-pʰˤra and proposing the sound changes *Cə-pʰ- > *Cə-ɸ- > *ɸ- > xw-. Sagart & Baxter (2024) reconstruct 荂 (OC *pʰra) ~ 葩 (OC *pʰˤra) and 荂 (OC *X.pʰra) ~ 花 (OC *X.pʰˤra) (with unknown prefix *X turning labial stops into Middle Chinese fricative initials in 荂 (MC xju) ~ 花 (MC xwae)) (which might have already happened by the time of the Western Zhou dynasty, as shown by the presence of the 于 (OC *ɢʷa) radical in its earliest form 𦻏). Furthermore, they propose cognacy to Proto-Karen *phɔᴬ (“flower”) and reconstruct Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p(h)a (“idem”). Outside Sino-Tibetan, they propose cognacy to Proto-Austronesian *pahpah (“flower, petal; leaf”). Alternatively, from Austroasiatic; compare Proto-Austroasiatic *bka(ː)ʔ (“flower”) (Schuessler, 2007). 華 (OC *ɡʷraː, “to flower”) is a derivative.
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Components
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Example sentences
請澆花。
Please water the flowers.
鮮花盛開。
Flowers bloom.
我喜歡花。
I like flowers.
我在澆花。
I am watering the flowers.
这要花时间。
This may take a while.
那些花死了。
Those flowers have died.
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