白花花 (bái huā huā) — shining white; dazzling white | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A vivid reduplicated adjective for an intensely bright, eye-catching white — a stronger, more pictorial 'shining/dazzling white' than a plain 白. Used as a 的-modifier before nouns, not as a standalone verb.

verb

shining whitedazzling white

Examples

白花花。
Tā tóu shàng zhǎng mǎn le bái huā huā de tóu fa.
Her head is full of gleaming white hair.
白花花。
Zhuō zi shàng fàng zhe yì duī bái huā huā de yín zi.
On the table lay a pile of shining white silver.
白花花。
Tián yě lǐ kāi mǎn le bái huā huā de mián huā.
The fields are filled with dazzling white cotton.

Origin

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

花花shining

White and a repeated shining element name something dazzling white.

Characters in this word

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

白 is thought to picture either an acorn or a human head.

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

艹化花

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant

Sound part声符shēngfú

化

Same sound today

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

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

艹化花

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant

Sound part声符shēngfú

化

Same sound today

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

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