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华
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Definitions
- 1. magnificent
- 2. splendid
- 3. flowery
Example Sentences
1 shown我是 华 人。
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Words Containing 华
Wanhua District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan
to insult China (by criticizing its policies or boycotting its goods)
Jianhua district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang
Xinhua District
in one's prime
China Business Morning Post (morning edition of China Business News 華商報|华商报)
(bird species of China) Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia)
Xihua county in Zhoukou 周口[zhōu kǒu], Henan
Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain
Huarong district of Ezhou city 鄂州市[è zhōu shì], Hubei
Chinatown
Xinhua Daily newspaper
Ovaltine (brand)
Warsaw, capital of Poland
imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage)
Washington D.C. (US federal capital)
Chenghua district of Chengdu city 成都市[chéng dū shì], Sichuan
Xihua county in Zhoukou 周口[zhōu kǒu], Henan
Qiao Guanhua (1913-1973), PRC politician and diplomat
Huaxia Bank
Washington Post (newspaper)
The Lotus Sutra
Huating county in Pingliang 平涼|平凉[píng liáng], Gansu
Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing
young years
use Chinese collaborators to subdue the Chinese (imperialist policy)
Huarong county in Yueyang 岳陽|岳阳[yuè yáng], Hunan
to sublimate
ostentatious
Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer
Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[wǔ yuè]
to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom)
(bird species of China) alpine leaf warbler (Phylloscopus occisinensis)
magnificent
Jinhua prefecture-level city in Zhejiang
Wanhua District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan
Huayin, county-level city in Weinan 渭南[wèi nán], Shaanxi
the Chinese nation
ethnic Chinese person or people
overseas Chinese
(geology) tufa
Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市[kūn míng shì], Yunnan
used erroneously for 豆蔻年華|豆蔻年华, a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood
Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor
Jianghua Yaozu autonomous county in Yongzhou 永州[yǒng zhōu], Hunan
(policy etc) towards China
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school
TOCFL (Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language)
Huaqiao University
anti-Chinese
decorated carriage
travertine (geology)
(molecular physics) van der Waals force
take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)
Huachi county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳[qìng yáng], Gansu
to sinter (metallurgy)
CR Vanguard or China Resources Vanguard Shop, a supermarket chain in Hong Kong and mainland China
Évariste Galois (1811-1832), French mathematician
Beijing Times (newspaper)
Sinosauropteryx, a small dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China during the early Cretaceous period
Galois theory (math.)
Howard (name)
East China
overseas Chinese
Huaying, county-level city in Guang'an 廣安|广安[guǎng ān], Sichuan
Hua'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[zhāng zhōu], Fujian
Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong
full bloom of youth
flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside
fleeting years (idiom)
Simon Yam Tat-Wah (1955-), Hong Kong actor and film producer
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
South China Tiger
South China
China Business News (newspaper)
Nevada, US state
Longhua District of various cities including Shenzhen, Guangdong and Haikou, Hainan
Walt (name)
Wall Street Journal
flourishing
Dwarkanath Kotnis (1910-1942), one of five Indian doctors sent to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Vancouver (city in Canada)
Iowa, US state
Howard (name)
luxurious
Fahrenheit
waffle (loanword)
peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
China Airlines (Taiwan)
the cream
Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events
Huarong district of Ezhou city 鄂州市[è zhōu shì], Hubei
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher
(bird species of China) Chinese penduline tit (Remiz consobrinus)
Jehovah (biblical name for God, Hebrew: YHWH)
Chinese Soviet Republic (1931-1937)
Washington (name)
Washington, D.C.
central China
to discriminate against Chinese people
Yuhua District of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[shí jiā zhuāng shì], Hebei
magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom); peerless talent
Xinhua News Agency, founded in 1931 as the press outlet of the Chinese Communist Party
to arrive in China
years
Advantech, technology company
Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essayist
glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
waltz (dance) (loanword)
Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905
Nevada, US state
glory and splendor
Va Kio Daily
Warner Music Group
Jinhua prefecture, Zhejiang
first sign of budding talent
Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing
Chinese rural dog
Wakin Chau (1960-), HK-born Taiwanese singer and actor
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school
East China Normal University
Prince Edward Island, province of Canada
(literary) gray hair
West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province)
Cathay
Ottawa, capital of Canada
Leroy Merlin (PRC DIY chain)
Jinhua ham
Edward
Huaning county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan
Hua Tuo (?-208), famous doctor at the end of Han Dynasty
Revlon (American brand of cosmetics)
brilliance
North China Plain
East China University of Science and Technology
Huang Hua (1913-2010), PRC foreign minister (1976-1982) and vice premier (1980-1982)
outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
Warner Brothers
Iowa, US state
Hualong district of Puyang city 濮陽市|濮阳市[pú yáng shì], Henan
to invade China (referring to 19th century imperialist powers and Japan)
The Lotus Sutra
(formal) birthday
Zepp Health Corporation, Chinese company providing digital health management based on wearable devices, established in 2013
to savor fine writing (idiom)
Republic of China
All-China Sports Federation
People's Republic of China
Huawei (brand)
magnificent residence
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Hong Kong)
Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong
(idiom) simple; plain; unadorned
best feature
Southern China
(bird species of China) Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans)
magnificent
early evening when lanterns are first lit
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
Asus (computer manufacturer)
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)
Time Warner Inc., US media company
carnival (loanword)
luxurious
George Washington (1732-1799), first US president
Jinhua prefecture-level city in Zhejiang
decorated lantern; lantern light
Vancouver Island
Mt Tai 泰山 and Mt Hua 華山|华山
(bird species of China) Hartert's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus goodsoni)
talent
Hua county in Shaanxi
gorgeous
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
limousine
East China Normal University
Delaware, US state
degrees Fahrenheit
(literary) Han people
Jianhua district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang
Huating county in Pingliang 平涼|平凉[píng liáng], Gansu
China Airlines (Taiwan)
Chinese Exclusion Act, a US law restricting Chinese immigration from 1882-1943
(bird species of China) grey-sided scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus swinhoei)
Muqali or Mukhali (1170-1223), military commander under Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[chéng jí sī hán]
Washington, US State
deluxe model
Huaning county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan
overseas Chinese
Chinese language education (for people living outside China, esp. the children of overseas Chinese communities)
Wall Street, New York
li (Chinese unit of distance)
Huayin, county-level city in Weinan 渭南[wèi nán], Shaanxi
China Resources, a Chinese state-owned conglomerate
East China Normal University (ECNU)
Huabeisaurus (Huabeisaurus allocotus)
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
Chinese language
Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist
Chenghua district of Chengdu city 成都市[chéng dū shì], Sichuan
Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), French politician
marble pillar (ornamental column in front of places, tombs)
South China University of Technology
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
Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra)
within China
luxurious
All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)
ethnic Chinese
Hualong district of Puyang city 濮陽市|濮阳市[pú yáng shì], Henan
to visit China
North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China
Hua Quan - \Flowery Fist? Magnificent Fist?\ - Martial Art
Edwards (name)
Warwick (name)
brimming over with talent (esp. literary)
Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company
Hua Tuo (c. 140-208), ancient Chinese physician from the Eastern Han period
Huaying, county-level city in Guang'an 廣安|广安[guǎng ān], Sichuan
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])
noble family
Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994
Huaping county in Lijiang 麗江|丽江[lì jiāng], Yunnan
warfarin (loanword)
magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins
Chinese Television System (CTS), Taiwan
Yuhua District of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[shí jiā zhuāng shì], Hebei
Prince Edward Island (province of Canada)
Jianghua Yaozu autonomous county in Yongzhou 永州[yǒng zhōu], Hunan
gabardine (loanword)
Washington Times (newspaper)
to take the best
Chinese language
to come to China
Delaware, US state
(bird species of China) Chinese francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus)
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]
Greater China
(bird species of China) scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus)
China (alternate formal name)
English-Chinese
Huaxi Village in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[jiāng sū shěng]
Tung Chee-hwa (1937-), Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician, chief executive 1997-2005
Tsinghua University, Beijing
Xinhua News Network
a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood
stationed in China
South China Morning Post (newspaper in Hong Kong)
All-China Women's Federation (PRC, established 1949)
Huaping county in Lijiang 麗江|丽江[lì jiāng], Yunnan
Hua Guofeng (1921-2008), CCP Chairman 1976-1981
Jehovah's Witnesses
Delaware River, between Pennsylvania and Delaware state, USA
Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician
gorgeous
North China
Swarovski crystal
sumptuous
Hua'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[zhāng zhōu], Fujian
moonlight
Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains