开花

開花

kāihuā

verb HSK 4 #13,449

Meanings

1 to bloom
2 to blossom
3 to flower

Characters

To open flowers — to bloom

Examples

春天花都开了。

Chūntiān huā dōu kāi le.

In spring, all the flowers bloom.

桃树开花了。

Táoshù kāihuā le.

The peach tree is blossoming.

这种花一年开两次。

Zhè zhǒng huā yì nián kāi liǎng cì.

This kind of flower blooms twice a year.

Tips

usage

开花 can be figurative: 心里乐开了花 (blooming with joy inside). 铁树开花 (iron tree blooms) is an idiom meaning something extremely rare.

Stroke Order

开 kāi

花 huā