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水花 (shuǐ huā) — spray, splash (from water impact); (dialectal) chicken pox (same as 水痘)

Definition

Most commonly 'splash / spray of water' — the water droplets thrown up when something hits water or falls from height. The 'chicken pox' sense is dialectal/regional, not standard Mandarin (the common word is 水痘).

noun
spraysplash (from water impact)(dialectal) chicken pox (same as 水痘)

Examples

  • 水花。
    Tiào shuǐ yùn dòng yuán rù shuǐ shí jī hū bú jiàn qǐ shuǐ huā.
    The diver enters the water with almost no splash.
  • ，水花。
    Pù bù cóng gāo chù luò xià, jī qǐ céng céng shuǐ huā.
    The waterfall falls from a height, stirring up layers of spray.
  • 水花，。
    Zhè ge hái zi dé le shuǐ huā, xū yào zài jiā xiū xi.
    This child has chicken pox and needs to rest at home.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

水shuǐwater
花huāflower

水 as water and 花 as flower together name spray or splash from water.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
化
化huà花
Same sound today

花 pairs 艹 (grass; plant) with 化, which gives the sound.

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