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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[huā]
  1. 1. noun [指植物] flower
  2. 2. noun [花状物]
    tear
    snowflake
    spark
  3. 3. noun [烟火] [pl] fireworks
  4. 4. noun [花纹] pattern
    布料
    patterned material
    白底红
    a red pattern on a white background
  5. 5. noun [精华] pinnacle
    艺术之
    the pinnacle of artistic achievement
  6. 6. noun beauty
    school beauties
  7. 7. noun [妓女] lady of the night
    街柳巷
    red - light district
  8. 8. adjective [多彩] multi-coloured (英)
  9. 9. adjective [多彩] multi-colored (美)
    绿绿
    colourful (英)
  10. 10. adjective [多彩] colorful (美)
  11. 11. adjective [有花的] floral
    basket of flowers
    float
  12. 12. adjective [模糊] blurred
    头昏眼
    muddle-headed and bleary-eyed
  13. 13. adjective [虚假] superficial
    trick
    言巧语
    smooth talk
  14. 14. verb spend
    spend money
    工夫
    put in effort

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[huā]
  1. 1. noun flower; blossom; bloom
    一朵
    a flower
  2. 2. noun anything resembling a flower
    snowflake
  3. 3. noun fireworks
    let off fireworks
  4. 4. noun pattern; design
    白底红
    red flowers on a white background
  5. 5. noun cream;essence
  6. 6. noun used metaphorically for courtesans or prostitutes
    问柳
    [直译: sport with flowers and willows] enjoy a beautiful spring scene
  7. 7. adjective multicoloured; coloured; variegated
    布染了。
    The cloth is dyed unevenly.
    spotted puppy
    蝴蝶
    variegated butterfly
    衣服
    bright-coloured clothes
  8. 8. adjective flower-decorated; coloured
    a basket of flowers
  9. 9. adjective blurred; dim
    看书看得眼睛都
    read until the print looks blurred
  10. 10. adjective fancy; florid; flowery; showy
    你的字太了。
    Your handwriting is too fancy.
  11. 11. verb spend; expend;part with
    时间
    take a lot of time; be time-consuming
    不少钱
    spend a lot of money

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[huā]
  1. 1. 被子植物的繁殖器官,由冠、萼、托、雌雄蕊群组成,有多种形状和颜色,有的有香味
    结果
    粉。
  2. 2. 泛指某些具有观赏价值的植物
    匠。
  3. 3. 朵的东西
    炒腰儿。
  4. 4. 指棉
    机。
  5. 5. 焰火;礼
    炮。
  6. 6. 指某些滴珠、颗粒、碎末状的东西
    儿。
  7. 7. 纹;图案
    黑地白
    这块布的儿太艳了。
  8. 8. 纹装饰的
    轿
    灯。
  9. 9. 色彩或种类驳杂的
    这件衣裳太,你穿不合适
    哨。
  10. 10. (看东西)模糊
    老眼昏
    镜。
  11. 11. 好看或好听但不实在的;用来迷惑人的
    架子
    言巧语
    招。
  12. 12. 比喻美女
    交际
  13. 13. 旧指妓女或跟妓女有关的
    街柳巷。
  14. 14. 打仗、打斗受的外伤
  15. 15. 比喻精华
    艺术之
    自由之
  16. 16. 名 [口] ;痘苗
    孩子没有出过
    儿。
  17. 17.
    完了再挣
    工夫。

Examples

把势告诉我们的品种不一样,期也就不同。
The gardener told me that the florescence of flowers varies by floral variety.
钱要在刀口上。
Use your money where it's needed most.
这些缺肥。
The flowers are in need of fertilizer.
钱都干了。
All the money has been spent.
了好大工夫
put in a lot of work
他腿上挂过两次
He was twice wounded in the leg.
石榴越开越红火。
The pomegranate flowers were more and more flourishing.
不少钱
spend a lot of money

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nciku Note

花, 费 and 用

, and
huā, fèi and yòng

1. All three verbs mean “to spend, to use.”
(1) 他(/)了两个小时才做完这道题。
huā (yòng/fèi) le liǎng gè xiǎo shí cái zuò wán zhè dào tí
It took him two hours to finish.

2. All the three words can take 时间 as their object. 时间 is a general description of spending time; 花时间 indicates a special arrangement of time; 费时间 sometimes indicates an obligation to spend time on something or a waste of time.
(2) 他愿意()高价来购买这幅画。
tā yuàn yì huā (yòng) gāo jià lái gòu mǎi zhè fú huà.
He is willing to spend a lot of money on that painting.

In this example, 费 cannot be used because it suggests a sense of passivity.

3. Besides, all the three words can haveas their object.
(3) 就为了买这么一个东西, (/)了我两百多块钱。 jiù wèi le mǎi zhè me yí gè dōng xī, huā (yòng/fèi) le wǒ liǎng bǎi duō kuài qián.
This costs more than two thousand RMB.

4. 费 can indicate the sense of “being wasteful.” We can say 费油, 费功夫, 费衣服, etc. neither 花 nor 用 has such a meaning.
(4) 这种机器太电了,我们应该换一种。
zhè zhǒng jī qì tài fèi diàn le, wǒ men yīng gāi huàn yì zhǒng.
This machine wastes too much electricity. We should trade it for a new one

(5) 这件事我了很大工夫才搞定。
Zhè jiàn shì wǒ fèi le hěn dà gōng fū cái gǎo dìng.
I wasted a lot of time sorting this out.

1. 三个动词都可表示耗用。
2. 这是三个词都可带“时间” 这个宾语。 “用时间” 是一般的表述,“花时间” 常有特意安排时间的含义。而“费时间”有时含被动或浪费的意思。
这里不能用“费,”因为“费”含有被动的意思。
3. 另外,这三个词都可以带宾语“钱。”
4. “费”还可以表示用得多。可以说“费油,”“费电,”“费”等,“花”和“用”没有这个意思。

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  [pái] |  一排花
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