唐花

tánghuā
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 hothouse flower
  2. 2 flower forced to bloom indoors out of season

Examples

HSK 7-9
Dōngtiān de mǔdan dàduō shì tánghuā.
Peonies in winter are mostly hothouse flowers.
HSK 7-9
Gùgōng měinián Chūnjié dōu huì zhǎnchū tánghuā.
The Forbidden City exhibits hothouse flowers every Spring Festival.

Tips

history
here means a heated room, not the Tang dynasty. The technique of forcing winter blossom in heated 花洞 cellars was perfected in late-Qing Beijing for palace New Year arrangements, and Beijing 唐花坞 (Tanghuawu) at the Botanical Garden still preserves the tradition.

Stroke Order

Táng
huā