银莲花

銀蓮花

yínliánhuā

noun

Measure Word

一朵银莲花 duǒ

Meanings

1 anemone (flower)

Characters

Examples

花园里开满了白色的银莲花。

Huāyuán lǐ kāi mǎnle báisè de yínliánhuā.

The garden is full of white anemones in bloom.

银莲花在早春绽放。

Yínliánhuā zài zǎochūn zhànfàng.

Anemones bloom in early spring.

Tips

memory

Lit. 'silver lotus flower' — anemones (especially the white windflower variety) shimmer silvery-pale in spring meadows, and the petals fan out lotus-like. The Chinese name describes what you see, not the Greek 'wind' etymology.

Stroke Order

银 yín

莲 lián

花 huā