水花

shuǐhuā

noun #27,663

Meanings

1 splash of water
2 spray
3 (dialect) chickenpox

Characters

flower; to splash; decorative

Examples

他跳进游泳池，溅起了一大片水花。

Tā tiào jìn yóuyǒngchí, jiàn qǐ le yī dà piàn shuǐhuā.

He jumped into the swimming pool and splashed up a huge spray of water.

雨点打在湖面上，激起朵朵水花。

Yǔdiǎn dǎ zài húmiàn shàng, jī qǐ duǒduǒ shuǐhuā.

Raindrops hit the lake surface, raising little blossoms of spray.

Tips

memory

水花 = 'water flowers' — a poetic way to describe splashes, as if water blooms like flowers when it hits a surface.

Stroke Order

水 shuǐ

花 huā