花台 花臺 huā tái flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand 击鼓传花 擊鼓傳花 jī gǔ chuán huā beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) 柄 bǐng handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades syn 蓓蕾 bèi lěi flower bud / young flower still tightly rolled up syn 唐花 táng huā hothouse flower (i.e. flower grown in a greenhouse) syn 出乎 chū hū due to / to stem from / to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc) / to go against (expectations) syn 下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn 干细胞 幹細胞 gàn xì bāo stem cell 枝条 枝條 zhī tiáo branch / twig / stem syn 出于 出於 chū yú due to / to stem from syn 造血干细胞 造血幹細胞 zào xuè gàn xì bāo blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow) 本 běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn 菜心 cài xīn choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage 莴笋 萵筍 wō sǔn Chinese lettuce / celtuce / asparagus lettuce / celery lettuce / stem lettuce syn 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 脑干 腦幹 nǎo gàn brain stem 分蘖 分櫱 fēn niè tiller (stem at the base of grass plants) syn 块茎 塊莖 kuài jīng stem tuber 柯 kē (literary) branch / stem / stalk / (literary) ax handle syn 茎 莖 jīng stalk / stem / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 梗 gěng branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) syn 嗜 shì addicted to / fond of / stem corresponding to -phil or -phile syn 秧 yāng sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) to raise / to cultivate (plants or animals) syn 莩 fú membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem / culm syn 菰 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom syn 蕻 hòng (literary) luxuriant / flourishing / (literary) bud / (dialect) long stem of certain vegetables 蔸 dōu root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps syn 投鞭断流 投鞭斷流 tóu biān duàn liú arms enough to stem the stream (idiom) / formidable army syn 词干启动 詞幹啟動 cí gàn qǐ dòng stem priming 蔕 dì stem (of fruit) 干细胞研究 幹細胞研究 gàn xì bāo yán jiū stem cell research 字根合体字 字根合體字 zì gēn hé tǐ zì stem compound 仔姜 仔薑 zǐ jiāng stem ginger 蘖枝 櫱枝 niè zhī branch stem syn 砧木 zhēn mù rootstock (stem onto which a branch is grafted) 秧子 yāng zi sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) (derog.) suffix used to indicate a type of person syn 缠绕茎 纏繞莖 chán rào jīng vine / twining stem 腋生 yè shēng axillary (botany) / budding in the angle between branch and stem 茎干 莖干 jīng gān stem / stalk 菌托 jūn tuō volva (bag containing spores on stem of fungi) 词干 詞幹 cí gàn word stem (in linguistics) 长柄 長柄 cháng bǐng long handle / stem 间充质干细胞 間充質幹細胞 jiān chōng zhì gàn xì bāo mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology) 阀芯 閥芯 fá xīn valve stem 胚胎干细胞 胚胎幹細胞 pēi tāi gàn xì bāo embryonic stem cell 大插枝 dài chā zhī large stem cuttings / truncheons 大插条 大插條 dài chā tiáo large stem cuttings / truncheons 成体干细胞 成體幹細胞 adult stem cell 何出此言 hé chū cǐ yán where do these words stem from? / why do you (he, etc) say such a thing? 矮茎朱砂根 矮莖朱砂根 ǎi jīng zhū shā gēn short-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis) 灯草 燈草 dēng cǎo the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps 菌柄 jùn bǐng mushroom stem 芦柴棒 蘆柴棒 lú chái bàng reed stem / (fig.) extremely skinny person 黀 zōu hemp stem 美人腿 měi rén tuǐ (Tw) (coll.) edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo 茭白笋 茭白筍 jiāo bái sǔn edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo 丁是丁，卯是卯 dīng shì dīng , mǎo shì mǎo lit. to keep ding (the fourth heavenly stem) distinct from mao (the fourth earthly branch) (idiom) / fig. meticulous / conscientious / unambiguous 把立 bǎ lì stem (bicycle component) 茎干 莖幹 jīng gàn stem / stalk 鲜花 鮮花 xiān huā flower / fresh flowers / CL:朵[duo3] 玫瑰 méi guī rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:棵[ke1]) / rose flower (CL:朵[duo3]) 莲花 蓮花 lián huā lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily syn 花朵 huā duǒ flower syn 开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn 盛开 盛開 shèng kāi blooming / in full flower syn 花心 huā xīn fickle in love / unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) 菊花 jú huā chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus syn 花店 huā diàn flower shop 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn 纷飞 紛飛 fēn fēi to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about 插花 chā huā flower arranging / ikebana syn 花盆 huā pén flower pot 庭园 庭園 tíng yuán flower garden syn 合拢 合攏 hé lǒng to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) syn 桔梗 jié gěng Chinese bellflower / balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) 花蕾 huā lěi bud / flower bud syn 飘舞 飄舞 piāo wǔ to fly up / to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc) syn 奇葩 qí pā exotic flower / (fig.) marvel / prodigy / (slang) weirdo / outlandish 白莲 白蓮 bái lián white lotus (flower) / White Lotus society / same as 白蓮教|白莲教 走马观花 走馬觀花 zǒu mǎ guān huā lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom) / a fleeting glance in passing / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information 香花 xiāng huā fragrant flower / fig. beneficial (of artworks etc) syn 盆花 pén huā potted flower 华而不实 華而不實 huá ér bù shí flower but no fruit (idiom) / handsome exterior but hollow inside / flashy syn 花会 花會 huā huì flower fair or festival 花序 huā xù inflorescence / flower cluster syn 黄花菜 黃花菜 huáng huā cài citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni) / golden needles (its edible flower) syn 国花 國花 guó huā national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹[mu3 dan1] in China) syn 花苞 huā bāo flower bud syn 华严经 華嚴經 huá yán jīng Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra 花鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub 花头 花頭 huā tóu flower head syn 花农 花農 huā nóng flower grower 花展 huā zhǎn flower show 雄蕊 xióng ruǐ stamen (male part of flower) 纸花 紙花 zhǐ huā paper flower 英 yīng hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom syn 花被 huā bèi perianth (common term for calyx and corolla) / border and protecting envelope of a flower 雌花 cí huā female flower 花 蘤 huā variant of 花[hua1] / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3] syn 