烟花

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HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Noun Uncommon

Definitions

1. fireworks
2. prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)

Word relationships

Register variants

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• 妓女 jì nǚ 妓女 jì nǚ prostitute; hooker 烟花在元曲中婉指妓女，妓女是现代通用词: prostitute; hooker

Related words

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• 爆竹 bào zhú 爆竹 bào zhú firecracker 烟花指观赏性焰火，爆竹指爆炸发声的鞭炮: firecracker

Synonyms

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• 焰火 yàn huǒ 焰火 yàn huǒ fireworks 都指节庆燃放的烟火，焰火更书面: fireworks

Usage notes

Collocations

烟花常与“放”、“燃放”、“看”搭配，如“放烟花”、“看烟花”。

Common mistakes

不要混淆“烟花”（yānhuā）和“烟火”（yānhuǒ），后者可泛指炊烟或焰火，但词义和使用略有不同。

Example Sentences

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这种 烟花 的火药味道很浓。

The gunpowder smell of this firework is very strong.

孩子们在广场上放 烟花 。

The children set off fireworks in the square.

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Words Containing 烟花

• 柳烟花雾 柳烟花雾 liǔ yān huā wù: lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring
• 泼烟花 泼烟花 pō yān huā: low-class prostitute
• 烟花债 烟花债 yān huā zhài: involved in a love affair
• 烟花场 烟花场 yān huā chǎng: brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)
• 烟花女 烟花女 yān huā nǚ: prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
• 烟花寨 烟花寨 yān huā zhài: brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)
• 烟花巷 烟花巷 yān huā xiàng: red-light district
• 烟花市 烟花市 yān huā shì: brothel
• 烟花厂 烟花厂 yān huā chǎng: firework factory
• 烟花柳巷 烟花柳巷 yān huā liǔ xiàng: red-light district
• 烟花爆竹 烟花爆竹 yān huā bào zhú: fireworks (i.e. pyrotechnic devices, not the display they produce)
• 烟花簿 烟花簿 yān huā bù: catalog of prostitutes (esp. in Yuan theater)
• 烟花粉黛 烟花粉黛 yān huā fěn dài: woman
• 烟花行院 烟花行院 yān huā xíng yuàn: brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)
• 烟花阵 烟花阵 yān huā zhèn: brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)
• 烟花风月 烟花风月 yān huā fēng yuè: refers to lovemaking (idiom)

Child Words of 烟花

• 烟 烟 yān: cigarette or pipe tobacco
• 花 花 huā: flower