豪华 (háo huá) — luxurious | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Describes a place, vehicle, or object that is richly furnished and expensive — concrete luxury. 华丽 is more visual ('gorgeous' on the surface); 奢侈 describes the wasteful spending habit itself.

adjective

luxurious

Examples

豪华。
Zhè jiā jiǔ diàn de fáng jiān fēi cháng háo huá.
The rooms in this hotel are very luxurious.
豪华。
Tā mǎi le yí liàng háo huá pǎo chē.
He bought a luxury sports car.
豪华。
Tā men zhù zài háo huá bié shù lǐ.
They live in a luxurious villa.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

华huásplendid

豪 (grand) and 华 (splendid) together describe luxuriousness.

Characters in this word

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

豕豕shǐpig, boar

Sound part声符shēngfú

高

高gāo豪háo

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

豪 shows 豕, a pig or boar, together with 高, which gives its sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 華; 华 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 華 showed flowers on a plant, with stalk and leaves below. The simplified 华 is a later shorthand and not the original picture.

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