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Bloom in Chinese

to bloom · HSK 3

开花 kāi huā

  1. 开 kāi to open
  2. 花 huā flower

春天到了,桃树开花了。 Spring has come and the peach trees are in bloom.

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How do you say bloom in Chinese?

Bloom in Chinese is 开花 (kāi huā). You can also say 开放 (kāi fàng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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