白桦

白樺
báihuà
noun #48,133

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 white birch
  2. 2 Asian white birch (Betula platyphylla)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Báihuà de shùpí yòu bái yòu guānghuá.
The bark of the white birch is white and smooth.
HSK 7-9
Qiūtiān de báihuà lín yípiàn jīnhuáng, měi de xiàng yì fú huà.
In autumn the birch woods turn golden, as beautiful as a painting.

Tips

culture
The white birch is a symbol of Russia, and Russian songs and poems about it are well known in China. It also grows widely in northeast China, where its pale bark peels off in thin, papery sheets.

In Pop Culture

白桦林 Báihuàlín
White Birch Forest
Song by Pu Shu from his 1999 debut album, about a girl who waits in a birch wood for a soldier who never comes back.

Stroke Order

白 bái
桦 huà