Chinese word dictionary

凌霄花

líng xiāo huā · Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)

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Word information

Simplified凌霄花

Traditional凌霄花

Pinyinlíng xiāo huā

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

凌líng

pure; virtuous; to insult; to maltreat

霄xiāo

clouds, mist; sky

花huā

flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)

How to learn 凌霄花

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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花huā

flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful; old variant of 花[hua1]; surname Hua; variant of 花[hua1]; flower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]

surname Hua

ice cream

garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; CL:座[zuo4]

开花kāihuā

to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish