海棠花

hǎitánghuā

noun

Measure Word

一朵海棠花 duǒ

Meanings

1 Chinese flowering crab-apple (Malus spectabilis)
2 begonia (in some compounds)

Characters

crab-apple tree

Examples

HSK 2

她最喜欢画海棠花。

Tā zuì xǐhuan huà hǎitánghuā.

She loves to paint crab-apple blossoms most.

HSK 7-9

庭院里的海棠花开了。

Tíngyuàn lǐ de hǎitánghuā kāi le.

The crab-apple blossoms in the courtyard are blooming.

Tips

culture

A classic motif in Chinese poetry and painting, associated with elegant feminine beauty. Su Shi's verse 只恐夜深花睡去 ('only fearing the flowers fall asleep deep in the night') refers to 海棠. Empress Dowager Cixi was nicknamed 老海棠 by court figures.

Stroke Order

海 hǎi

棠 táng

花 huā