p8nda
p8nda BETA
Home Dictionary Translate Flashcards

睡莲

睡蓮
shuìlián
noun #47,111

Measure Word

一朵睡莲 duǒ

Meanings

  1. 1 water lily

Examples

HSK 5
睡莲的花晚上会合起来，像睡着了一样。
Shuìlián de huā wǎnshang huì hé qǐlai, xiàng shuìzháo le yíyàng.
Water lily flowers close up at night, as if they had fallen asleep.
HSK 7-9
池塘里开满了睡莲。
Chítáng lǐ kāimǎn le shuìlián.
The pond is full of water lilies in bloom.

Tips

memory
睡 'to sleep' + 莲 'lotus': many water lilies close their flowers at night and open them again in the morning, as if they slept.
mistakes
睡莲 and the lotus, 荷花, are different plants. Water lily leaves and flowers float flat on the water; lotus leaves and flowers stand well above it on tall stalks.

In Pop Culture

睡莲 Shuìlián
Water Lilies (Claude Monet)
Monet's series of about 250 paintings of the lily pond in his garden at Giverny, painted over the last 30 years of his life.

Stroke Order

睡 shuì
莲 lián