Chinese words starting with “hua”
43 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable hua. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 7 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial h · final ua · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 8
- 2nd tone 12
- 4th tone 23
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 话题huà tíHSK 3
subject (of a talk or conversation); topic
- 花园huā yuánHSK 2
garden
- 画家huà jiāHSK 2
painter
- 话剧huà jùHSK 3
stage play; modern drama
- 华人huá rénHSK 3
ethnic Chinese person or people
- 划船huá chuánHSK 3
to row a boat; rowing boat; rowing (sport)
- 画儿huà rHSK 2
picture; drawing; painting
All 43 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 话 | huà | n,v | dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said | |
| 2 | 花 | huā | v,n,a | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | |
| 3 | 画 | huà | n,v,q | to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) | |
| 4 | 化 | huà | v,k,vn | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 | |
| 5 | 滑 | huá | v,a | to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted | |
| 6 | 划 | huà | v | to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character | |
| 7 | 化学 | huà xué | n | chemistry; chemical | |
| 8 | 画面 | huà miàn | n | scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view | |
| 9 | 化妆 | huà zhuāng | v,vn | to put on makeup | |
| 10 | 花费 | huā fèi | v,n | expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure | |
| 11 | 华丽 | huá lì | a | gorgeous | |
| 12 | 花样 | huā yàng | n | pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating) | |
| 13 | 花生 | huā shēng | n | peanut; groundnut | |
| 14 | 滑雪 | huá xuě | vn,v | to ski; skiing | |
| 15 | 话语 | huà yǔ | n | words; speech; utterance; discourse | |
| 16 | 化验 | huà yàn | v,vn | chemical examination; to do a lab test | |
| 17 | 化身 | huà shēn | n,v | incarnation; reincarnation; embodiment (of abstract idea); personification | |
| 18 | 滑稽 | huá jī | a | comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gǔ jī]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang | |
| 19 | 划分 | huà fēn | v,vn | to divide up; to partition; to differentiate | |
| 20 | 花瓶 | huā píng | n | flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) | |
| 21 | 滑冰 | huá bīng | vn,v | to skate; skating | |
| 22 | 化解 | huà jiě | v | to dissolve; to resolve (contradictions); to dispel (doubts); to iron out (difficulties); to defuse (conflicts); to neutralize (fears) | |
| 23 | 话筒 | huà tǒng | n | microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset | |
| 24 | 划算 | huá suàn | a | to calculate; to weigh (pros and cons); to view as profitable; worthwhile; value for money; cost-effective | |
| 25 | 华语 | huá yǔ | Chinese language | ||
| 26 | 花瓣 | huā bàn | n | petal | |
| 27 | 化石 | huà shí | n | fossil | |
| 28 | 花纹 | huā wén | n | decorative design | |
| 29 | 花卉 | huā huì | n | flowers and plants | |
| 30 | 化肥 | huà féi | n | fertilizer | |
| 31 | 画展 | huà zhǎn | n | art exhibition | |
| 32 | 画册 | huà cè | n | picture album | |
| 33 | 华裔 | huá yì | n | ethnic Chinese; non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry | |
| 34 | 话费 | huà fèi | n | call charge | |
| 35 | 滑梯 | huá tī | n | (children's) sliding board; a slide | |
| 36 | 划时代 | huà shí dài | b | epoch-marking | |
| 37 | 哗然 | huá rán | z | in uproar; commotion; causing a storm of protest; tumultuous | |
| 38 | 化纤 | huà xiān | n | synthetic fiber | |
| 39 | 化险为夷 | huà xiǎn wéi yí | v | to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster | |
| 40 | 华侨 | huá qiáo | n | overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality | |
| 41 | 画龙点睛 | huà lóng diǎn jīng | v | to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life; a few words to clinch the point | |
| 42 | 画蛇添足 | huà shé tiān zú | l | lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it | |
| 43 | 哗变 | huá biàn | v | mutiny; rebellion |
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