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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

莲花

liánhuā

lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others)

02

water-lily

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 莲花 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 莲花 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

火星上的神殿饰有莲花。huǒ xīng shàng de shén diàn shì yǒu lián huā。

The temples on Mars are decorated with lotus flowers.

藕就是莲花的根部。ǒu jiù shì lián huā de gēn bù。

No published English translation for this sentence.

口说一句好话,如口出莲花;口说一句坏话如口吐毒蛇。kǒu shuō yī jù hǎo huà, rú kǒu chū lián huā; kǒu shuō yī jù huài huà rú kǒu tǔ dú shé。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 莲花.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 莲花.

Directly before

  • 出莲花1
  • 就是莲花1
  • 有莲花1

Directly after

  • 莲花的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 莲花

What does 莲花 mean in Chinese?

莲花 (liánhuā) means lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others).

How do you pronounce 莲花?

莲花 is pronounced liánhuā.

Is 莲花 an HSK word?

莲花 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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