Pronunciation
:
huā
Meaning
:
(verb) to spend (money/time)
HSK
:
2
Notes
:
Also as

  • [HSK1] (noun) (huā) flower
  • [HSK4] (adj) fancy pattern; florid; (coll.) flowery
Pronunciation
:
huā
Meaning
:
  1. (noun) flower
  2. (noun) beauty
  3. (adj) multi-coloured; colourful
  4. (adj) floral
  5. (adj) blurred
  6. (adj) superficial
  7. (verb) spend
Radical
:
Strokes
:
7
Traditional
:
Sentences:
我花了很多时间做这件事。
I spent a lot of time doing this.

wǒ huā le hěn duō shí jiān zuò zhè jiàn shì 。

:
I
:
spend
:
(completed action)
很多
:
a lot
时间
:
time
:
do
:
this
:
(measure word)
:
thing
他花了两百块买这双鞋。
He spent 200 yuan to buy this pair of shoes.

tā huā le liǎng bǎi kuài mǎi zhè shuāng xié 。

:
he
:
spend
:
(completed action)
两百
:
200
:
yuan (informal)
:
buy
:
this
:
(measure word)
:
shoes
我每天花一个小时学习中文。
I spend one hour studying Chinese every day.

wǒ měi tiān huā yí gè xiǎo shí xué xí zhōng wén 。

:
I
每天
:
every day
:
spend
一个
:
one
小时
:
hour
学习
:
study
中文
:
Chinese
这件衣服你花了多少钱?
How much did you spend on this piece of clothing?

zhè jiàn yī fú nǐ huā le duō shǎo qián ?

:
this
:
(measure word)
衣服
:
clothes
:
you
:
spend
:
(completed action)
多少
:
how much
:
money