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Definitions

  1. 1. magnificent
  2. 2. splendid
  3. 3. flowery

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Words Containing 华

万华
wàn huá

Wanhua District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan

辱华
rǔ huá

to insult China (by criticizing its policies or boycotting its goods)

建华区
jiàn huá qū

Jianhua district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang

新华区
xīn huá qū

Xinhua District

风华正茂
fēng huá zhèng mào

in one's prime

华商晨报
huá shāng chén bào

China Business Morning Post (morning edition of China Business News 華商報|华商报)

中华短翅莺
zhōng huá duǎn chì yīng

(bird species of China) Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia)

西华县
xī huá xiàn

Xihua county in Zhoukou 周口[zhōu kǒu], Henan

新华书店
xīn huá shū diàn

Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain

华容区
huá róng qū

Huarong district of Ezhou city 鄂州市[è zhōu shì], Hubei

华埠
huá bù

Chinatown

新华日报
xīn huá rì bào

Xinhua Daily newspaper

阿华田
ā huá tián

Ovaltine (brand)

华沙
huá shā

Warsaw, capital of Poland

华盖
huá gài

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

华盛顿特区
huá shèng dùn tè qū

Washington D.C. (US federal capital)

成华区
chéng huá qū

Chenghua district of Chengdu city 成都市[chéng dū shì], Sichuan

西华
xī huá

Xihua county in Zhoukou 周口[zhōu kǒu], Henan

乔冠华
qiáo guàn huá

Qiao Guanhua (1913-1973), PRC politician and diplomat

华夏银行
huá xià yín háng

Huaxia Bank

华盛顿邮报
huá shèng dùn yóu bào

Washington Post (newspaper)

法华经
fǎ huá jīng

The Lotus Sutra

华亭县
huá tíng xiàn

Huating county in Pingliang 平涼|平凉[píng liáng], Gansu

华林部
huá lín bù

Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing

芳华
fāng huá

young years

以华制华
yǐ huá zhì huá

use Chinese collaborators to subdue the Chinese (imperialist policy)

华容县
huá róng xiàn

Huarong county in Yueyang 岳陽|岳阳[yuè yáng], Hunan

升华
shēng huá

to sublimate

浮华
fú huá

ostentatious

刘天华
liú tiān huá

Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer

华山
huà shān

Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[wǔ yuè]

容华绝代
róng huá jué dài

to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom)

华西柳莺
huá xī liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) alpine leaf warbler (Phylloscopus occisinensis)

风华
fēng huá

magnificent

金华市
jīn huá shì

Jinhua prefecture-level city in Zhejiang

万华区
wàn huá qū

Wanhua District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan

华阴市
huá yīn shì

Huayin, county-level city in Weinan 渭南[wèi nán], Shaanxi

中华民族
zhōng huá mín zú

the Chinese nation

华人
huá rén

ethnic Chinese person or people

海外华人
hǎi wài huá rén

overseas Chinese

钙华
gài huá

(geology) tufa

五华区
wǔ huá qū

Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市[kūn míng shì], Yunnan

豆寇年华
dòu kòu nián huá

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

刘德华
liú dé huá

Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor

江华县
jiāng huá xiàn

Jianghua Yaozu autonomous county in Yongzhou 永州[yǒng zhōu], Hunan

对华
duì huá

(policy etc) towards China

华严经
huá yán jīng

Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school

华语文能力测验
huá yǔ wén néng lì cè yàn

TOCFL (Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language)

华侨大学
huá qiáo dà xué

Huaqiao University

反华
fǎn huá

anti-Chinese

华毂
huá gǔ

decorated carriage

石灰华
shí huī huá

travertine (geology)

范德华力
fàn dé huá lì

(molecular physics) van der Waals force

取其精华,去其糟粕
qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò

take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)

华池县
huá chí xiàn

Huachi county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳[qìng yáng], Gansu

泉华
quán huá

to sinter (metallurgy)

华润万家
huá rùn wàn jiā

CR Vanguard or China Resources Vanguard Shop, a supermarket chain in Hong Kong and mainland China

伽罗华
jiā luó huá

Évariste Galois (1811-1832), French mathematician

京华时报
jīng huá shí bào

Beijing Times (newspaper)

中华龙鸟
zhōng huá lóng niǎo

Sinosauropteryx, a small dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China during the early Cretaceous period

伽罗华理论
jiā luó huá lǐ lùn

Galois theory (math.)

霍华德
huò huá dé

Howard (name)

华东
huá dōng

East China

华侨
huá qiáo

overseas Chinese

华蓥市
huá yíng shì

Huaying, county-level city in Guang'an 廣安|广安[guǎng ān], Sichuan

华安
huá ān

Hua'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[zhāng zhōu], Fujian

五华
wǔ huá

Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong

花样年华
huā yàng nián huá

full bloom of youth

华而不实
huá ér bù shí

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

似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá

fleeting years (idiom)

任达华
rén dá huá

Simon Yam Tat-Wah (1955-), Hong Kong actor and film producer

华威大学
huá wēi dà xué

University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

华南虎
huá nán hǔ

South China Tiger

南华
nán huá

South China

华商报
huá shāng bào

China Business News (newspaper)

内华达
nèi huá dá

Nevada, US state

龙华区
lóng huá qū

Longhua District of various cities including Shenzhen, Guangdong and Haikou, Hainan

华特
huá tè

Walt (name)

华尔街日报
huá ěr jiē rì bào

Wall Street Journal

繁华
fán huá

flourishing

柯棣华
kē dì huá

Dwarkanath Kotnis (1910-1942), one of five Indian doctors sent to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War

温哥华
wēn gē huá

Vancouver (city in Canada)

爱奥华州
ài ào huá zhōu

Iowa, US state

霍华得
huò huá dé

Howard (name)

豪华
háo huá

luxurious

华氏
huá shì

Fahrenheit

华夫
huá fū

waffle (loanword)

才华盖世
cái huá gài shì

peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit

中华航空公司
zhōng huá háng kōng gōng sī

China Airlines (Taiwan)

菁华
jīng huá

the cream

中华台北
zhōng huá tái běi

Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events

华容
huá róng

Huarong district of Ezhou city 鄂州市[è zhōu shì], Hubei

叔本华
shū běn huá

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher

中华攀雀
zhōng huá pān què

(bird species of China) Chinese penduline tit (Remiz consobrinus)

耶和华
yē hé huá

Jehovah (biblical name for God, Hebrew: YHWH)

中华苏维埃共和国
zhōng huá sū wéi āi gòng hé guó

Chinese Soviet Republic (1931-1937)

华盛顿
huá shèng dùn

Washington (name)

华府
huá fǔ

Washington, D.C.

华中
huá zhōng

central China

排华
pái huá

to discriminate against Chinese people

裕华区
yù huá qū

Yuhua District of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[shí jiā zhuāng shì], Hebei

风华绝代
fēng huá jué dài

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

新华社
xīn huá shè

Xinhua News Agency, founded in 1931 as the press outlet of the Chinese Communist Party

抵华
dǐ huá

to arrive in China

年华
nián huá

years

研华
yán huá

Advantech, technology company

曹靖华
cáo jìng huá

Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essayist

荣华富贵
róng huá fù guì

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

华尔兹
huá ěr zī

waltz (dance) (loanword)

陈天华
chén tiān huà

Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905

内华达州
nèi huá dá zhōu

Nevada, US state

荣华
róng huá

glory and splendor

华侨报
huá qiáo bào

Va Kio Daily

华纳音乐集团
huá nà yīn yuè jí tuán

Warner Music Group

金华地区
jīn huá dì qū

Jinhua prefecture, Zhejiang

初露才华
chū lù cái huá

first sign of budding talent

华林
huá lín

Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing

中华田园犬
zhōng huá tián yuán quǎn

Chinese rural dog

周华健
zhōu huá jiàn

Wakin Chau (1960-), HK-born Taiwanese singer and actor

大方广佛华严经
dà fāng guǎng fó huá yán jīng

Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school

华师大
huá shī dà

East China Normal University

爱德华岛
ài dé huá dǎo

Prince Edward Island, province of Canada

华发
huá fà

(literary) gray hair

华西
huá xī

West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province)

华夏
huá xià

Cathay

渥太华
wò tài huá

Ottawa, capital of Canada

乐华梅兰
lè huá méi lán

Leroy Merlin (PRC DIY chain)

金华火腿
jīn huá huǒ tuǐ

Jinhua ham

爱德华
ài dé huá

Edward

华宁县
huá níng xiàn

Huaning county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan

华佗
huà tuó

Hua Tuo (?-208), famous doctor at the end of Han Dynasty

露华浓
lù huá nóng

Revlon (American brand of cosmetics)

光华
guāng huá

brilliance

华北平原
huá běi píng yuán

North China Plain

华东理工大学
huá dōng lǐ gōng dà xué

East China University of Science and Technology

黄华
huáng huá

Huang Hua (1913-2010), PRC foreign minister (1976-1982) and vice premier (1980-1982)

才华出众
cái huá chū zhòng

outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit

华纳兄弟
huá nà xiōng dì

Warner Brothers

爱奥华
ài ào huá

Iowa, US state

华龙区
huà lóng qū

Hualong district of Puyang city 濮陽市|濮阳市[pú yáng shì], Henan

侵华
qīn huá

to invade China (referring to 19th century imperialist powers and Japan)

妙法莲华经
miào fǎ lián huá jīng

The Lotus Sutra

华诞
huá dàn

(formal) birthday

华米科技
huá mǐ kē jì

Zepp Health Corporation, Chinese company providing digital health management based on wearable devices, established in 2013

含英咀华
hán yīng jǔ huá

to savor fine writing (idiom)

中华民国
zhōng huá mín guó

Republic of China

中华全国体育总会
zhōng huá quán guó tǐ yù zǒng huì

All-China Sports Federation

中华人民共和国
zhōng huá rén mín gòng hé guó

People's Republic of China

华为
huá wéi

Huawei (brand)

华屋
huá wū

magnificent residence

东华三院
dōng huá sān yuàn

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Hong Kong)

五华县
wǔ huá xiàn

Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong

朴实无华
pǔ shí wú huá

(idiom) simple; plain; unadorned

精华
jīng huá

best feature

华南
huá nán

Southern China

中华仙鹟
zhōng huá xiān wēng

(bird species of China) Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans)

华美
huá měi

magnificent

华灯初上
huá dēng chū shàng

early evening when lanterns are first lit

龙华
lóng huá

Longhua, the name of numerous streets, railway stations, temples and city districts etc, notably Longhua Temple 龍華寺|龙华寺[lóng huá sì] in Shanghai and Longhua District 龍華區|龙华区[lóng huá qū] of Shenzhen, Guangdong

华硕
huá shuò

Asus (computer manufacturer)

曼珠沙华
màn zhū shā huā

red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)

时代华纳
shí dài huá nà

Time Warner Inc., US media company

嘉年华
jiā nián huá

carnival (loanword)

奢华
shē huá

luxurious

乔治·华盛顿
qiáo zhì · huá shèng dùn

George Washington (1732-1799), first US president

金华
jīn huá

Jinhua prefecture-level city in Zhejiang

华灯
huá dēng

decorated lantern; lantern light

温哥华岛
wēn gē huá dǎo

Vancouver Island

泰华
tài huà

Mt Tai 泰山 and Mt Hua 華山|华山

华南冠纹柳莺
huá nán guān wén liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) Hartert's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus goodsoni)

才华
cái huá

talent

华县
huá xiàn

Hua county in Shaanxi

华彩
huá cǎi

gorgeous

南华县
nán huá xiàn

Nanhua County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[chǔ xióng yí zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

豪华轿车
háo huá jiào chē

limousine

华东师大
huá dōng shī dà

East China Normal University

特拉华州
tè lā huá zhōu

Delaware, US state

华氏度
huá shì dù

degrees Fahrenheit

华胄
huá zhòu

(literary) Han people

建华
jiàn huá

Jianhua district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang

华亭
huá tíng

Huating county in Pingliang 平涼|平凉[píng liáng], Gansu

华航
huá háng

China Airlines (Taiwan)

排华法案
pái huá fǎ àn

Chinese Exclusion Act, a US law restricting Chinese immigration from 1882-1943

华南斑胸钩嘴鹛
huá nán bān xiōng gōu zuǐ méi

(bird species of China) grey-sided scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus swinhoei)

木华黎
mù huá lí

Muqali or Mukhali (1170-1223), military commander under Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[chéng jí sī hán]

华盛顿州
huá shèng dùn zhōu

Washington, US State

豪华型
háo huá xíng

deluxe model

华宁
huá níng

Huaning county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan

外籍华人
wài jí huá rén

overseas Chinese

华教
huá jiào

Chinese language education (for people living outside China, esp. the children of overseas Chinese communities)

华尔街
huá ěr jiē

Wall Street, New York

华里
huá lǐ

li (Chinese unit of distance)

华阴
huá yīn

Huayin, county-level city in Weinan 渭南[wèi nán], Shaanxi

华润
huá rùn

China Resources, a Chinese state-owned conglomerate

华东师范大学
huá dōng shī fàn dà xué

East China Normal University (ECNU)

华北龙
huá běi lóng

Huabeisaurus (Huabeisaurus allocotus)

文苑英华
wén yuàn yīng huá

Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature, Song dynasty collection of poetry, odes, songs and writings compiled during 982-986 under Li Fang 李昉[lǐ fǎng], Xu Xuan 徐鉉|徐铉[xú xuàn], Song Bai 宋白[sòng bái] and Su Yijian 蘇易簡|苏易简[sū yì jiǎn], 1000 scrolls

华语
huá yǔ

Chinese language

华罗庚
huà luó gēng

Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist

成华
chéng huá

Chenghua district of Chengdu city 成都市[chéng dū shì], Sichuan

爱德华·达拉第
ài dé huá · dá lā dì

Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), French politician

华表
huá biǎo

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

华南理工大学
huá nán lǐ gōng dà xué

South China University of Technology

华兴会
huá xīng huì

anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in Changsha by 黃興|黄兴[huáng xīng] in 1904, a precursor of Sun Yat-sen's Alliance for Democracy 同盟會|同盟会[tóng méng huì] and of the Guomindang

华严宗
huá yán zōng

Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra)

在华
zài huá

within China

华靡
huá mí

luxurious

中华全国总工会
zhōng huá quán guó zǒng gōng huì

All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)

华裔
huá yì

ethnic Chinese

华龙
huà lóng

Hualong district of Puyang city 濮陽市|濮阳市[pú yáng shì], Henan

赴华
fù huá

to visit China

华北事变
huá běi shì biàn

North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China

华拳
huá quán

Hua Quan - \Flowery Fist? Magnificent Fist?\ - Martial Art

爱德华兹
ài dé huá zī

Edwards (name)

华威
huá wēi

Warwick (name)

才华横溢
cái huá héng yì

brimming over with talent (esp. literary)

上海振华港口机械
shàng hǎi zhèn huá gǎng kǒu jī xiè

Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company

华陀
huà tuó

Hua Tuo (c. 140-208), ancient Chinese physician from the Eastern Han period

华蓥
huá yíng

Huaying, county-level city in Guang'an 廣安|广安[guǎng ān], Sichuan

华容道
huá róng dào

Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[sān guó yǎn yì])

华族
huá zú

noble family

中华字海
zhōng huá zì hǎi

Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994

华坪
huá píng

Huaping county in Lijiang 麗江|丽江[lì jiāng], Yunnan

华法林
huá fǎ lín

warfarin (loanword)

华屋丘墟
huá wū qiū xū

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

中华电视
zhōng huá diàn shì

Chinese Television System (CTS), Taiwan

裕华
yù huá

Yuhua District of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[shí jiā zhuāng shì], Hebei

爱德华王子岛
ài dé huá wáng zǐ dǎo

Prince Edward Island (province of Canada)

江华瑶族自治县
jiāng huá yáo zú zì zhì xiàn

Jianghua Yaozu autonomous county in Yongzhou 永州[yǒng zhōu], Hunan

华达呢
huá dá ní

gabardine (loanword)

华盛顿时报
huá shèng dùn shí bào

Washington Times (newspaper)

取其精华
qǔ qí jīng huá

to take the best

华文
huá wén

Chinese language

来华
lái huá

to come to China

特拉华
tè lā huá

Delaware, US state

中华鹧鸪
zhōng huá zhè gū

(bird species of China) Chinese francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus)

新华
xīn huá

Xinhua (New China), the name of various businesses, products and organizations, notably the Xinhua News Agency 新華社|新华社[xīn huá shè]

大中华
dà zhōng huá

Greater China

中华秋沙鸭
zhōng huá qiū shā yā

(bird species of China) scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus)

中华
zhōng huá

China (alternate formal name)

英华
yīng huá

English-Chinese

华西村
huá xī cūn

Huaxi Village in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[jiāng sū shěng]

董建华
dǒng jiàn huá

Tung Chee-hwa (1937-), Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician, chief executive 1997-2005

清华大学
qīng huá dà xué

Tsinghua University, Beijing

新华网
xīn huá wǎng

Xinhua News Network

豆蔻年华
dòu kòu nián huá

a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood

驻华
zhù huá

stationed in China

南华早报
nán huá zǎo bào

South China Morning Post (newspaper in Hong Kong)

中华全国妇女联合会
zhōng huá quán guó fù nǚ lián hé huì

All-China Women's Federation (PRC, established 1949)

华坪县
huá píng xiàn

Huaping county in Lijiang 麗江|丽江[lì jiāng], Yunnan

华国锋
huà guó fēng

Hua Guofeng (1921-2008), CCP Chairman 1976-1981

耶和华见证人
yē hé huá jiàn zhèng rén

Jehovah's Witnesses

特拉华河
tè lā huá hé

Delaware River, between Pennsylvania and Delaware state, USA

张华
zhāng huá

Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician

华丽
huá lì

gorgeous

华北
huá běi

North China

施华洛世奇水晶
shī huá luò shì qí shuǐ jīng

Swarovski crystal

华贵
huá guì

sumptuous

华安县
huá ān xiàn

Hua'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[zhāng zhōu], Fujian

月华
yuè huá

moonlight

九华山
jiǔ huá shān

Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains