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开花

開花
kāihuā
verb HSK 3 #13,449

Meanings

  1. 1 to bloom
  2. 2 to blossom
  3. 3 to flower

Characters

开
kāi
to open
花
huā
flower
To open flowers - to bloom

Examples

HSK 3
春天花都开了。
Chūntiān huādōu kāi le.
In spring, all the flowers bloom.
HSK 3
这种花一年开两次。
Zhèzhǒng huā yì nián kāi liǎng cì.
This kind of flower blooms twice a year.
HSK 5
桃树开花了。
Táoshù kāihuā le.
The peach tree is blossoming.

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