---
title: "Yanhua Meaning: 烟花 (fireworks) or 演化 (to evolve)?"
description: "烟花 (traditional 煙花, yānhuā) means “fireworks”. Not the yanhua you heard? See 演化. Hear its tones, see what 烟 and 花 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/yanhua"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 烟花 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

烟花 yānhuā

## fireworks

## It can also mean

- (literary) prostitution; courtesans

## Its characters

1. 烟 yān smoke
2. 花 huā flower

## In a sentence

过年时，大家一起放烟花。 At New Year, everyone sets off fireworks together.

今天你手里的书、过年时夜空中的**烟花**，都能找到它们的影子。

From [四大发明是谁说的？ · Who named the Four Great Inventions of China?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-four-great-inventions-of-china#library-word-787-789)

[More about 烟花](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%83%9F%E8%8A%B1)

## Other words said yanhua

- [演化yǎnhuàto evolve](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%BC%94%E5%8C%96)

## More words with 烟 or 花

- [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)
- [开花 kāihuā](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kaihua)

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