---
title: "Xianhua Meaning: 鲜花 (fresh flowers) or 闲话 (gossip)?"
description: "鲜花 (traditional 鮮花, xiānhuā) means “fresh flowers”. Not the xianhua you heard? See 闲话. Hear its tones, see what 鲜 and 花 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/xianhua"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 鲜花 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

鲜花 xiānhuā

## fresh flowers

## Its characters

1. 鲜 xiān fresh
2. 花 huā flower

## In a sentence

他送了我一束鲜花。 He gave me a bunch of fresh flowers.

山上到处是**鲜花**和果树，最高的地方立着一块特别的石头。

From [美猴王 · The Handsome Monkey King](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/monkey-king-born-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-1#library-word-38-40)

[More about 鲜花](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%B2%9C%E8%8A%B1)

## Other words said xianhua

- [闲话xiánhuàgossip](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%97%B2%E8%AF%9D)

## More words with 鲜 or 花

- [海鲜 hǎixiān](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/haixian)
- [花瓣 huābàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huaban)
- [花朵 huāduǒ](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huaduo)
- [花费 huāfèi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huafei)
- [花卉 huāhuì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huahui)
- [花生 huāshēng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huasheng)
- [花样 huāyàng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huayang)
- [花园 huāyuán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huayuan)
- [火花 huǒhuā](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huohua)
- [菊花 júhuā](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/juhua)

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