Chinese word dictionary

花哨

huā shao · garish; gaudy

Word information

Simplified花哨
Traditional花哨
Pinyinhuā shao
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 花哨

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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