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hoa

Level ≈A1 (approx.) nounadjective Sino-Vietnamese Top 1,000 most common
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hoa means flower; flowering plant.

Chinese characters: 花 Classifier: bông, đoá — e.g. một bông hoa (one flower)

Meanings of hoa in English

Noun

  1. flower; flowering plant ≈ bông
    • cánh hoapetal

Noun

  1. a suit ≈ chất

Adjective

  1. capital, upper case

Adjective

  1. of an ethnic minority of Chinese descent in Vietnam
    • người Hoaa Hoa person; the Hoa people
    • tiếng Hoa/Hán/Trung (Quốc)Mandarin Chinese
    • tiếng Hoa thương mạiMandarin for use in commerce

Words with hoa

báo hoa maibó hoađá hoađào hoađăng tiêu hoa togái bán hoahoa biahoa có chủhoa giáphoa hậuhoa hồnghoa khôihoa kim châmhoa liễuhoa lơhoa lơ trắnghoa màuhoa mắthoa mười giờhoa nhài cắm bãi cứt trâuhoa quảhoa taihoa tayhoa tiêumai hoanhũ hoanước hoapháo hoatrăng hoavòi hoa sen

Synonyms and antonyms of hoa

Antonyms

thường

Example sentences with hoa

  • Tôi có thể ngửi thấy mùi hoa. I can smell flowers.
  • Hãy đi hái hoa trong vườn nào. Let's pick flowers from the garden.
  • Tôi nghe mùi hoa thơm trong vườn. I breathed the smell of the flowers in the garden.
  • Thời tiết này đang khiến hoa héo. This weather is making the flowers wilt.
  • Hãy chuyển xâu này thành viết hoa. Convert the string to uppercase.
  • Tôi thích trang trí phòng bằng hoa. I like to adorn my room with flowers.
  • Tôi phải hái một ít hoa. I have to pick some flowers.
  • Bố lúc đó đang tưới hoa. Dad was watering the flowers.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 花. The "capital" sense probably comes from the flourishes of the cursive capital letters that are commonly taught in elementary schools; even cursive lower-case letters don't have as many flourishes, which explains the distinction.

Frequently asked questions

What does hoa mean in English?

hoa (noun) means "flower; flowering plant".

How do you pronounce hoa?

IPA: Hanoi [hwaː˧˧]; Saigon [waː˧˧]. Tones: hoa — level tone (ngang).

Is hoa a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. hoa is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 花.

What classifier is used with hoa?

Common classifiers: bông, đoá — for example "một bông hoa" (one flower).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.