粵

開hoi1花faa1

simp开花
hoi1 faa1kāi huā

English

  1. to bloom; to blossom; to flower
  2. (fig.) to burst; to split open
  3. (fig.) to burst with joy
  4. (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
  5. (of flowers) to bloom; to blossom
  6. used to form a complement after the affix 到 dou3 meaning "badly," "seriously" or "extremely"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 植物嘅花萼同花冠開放,露出雌蕊同雄蕊
  2. 喺詞綴「到」(dou3)後面,組成補語,表示程度惡劣、嚴重或者極端

Examples

  • 紅蜘蛛開花一千年,落一千年;花同葉唔一定啱,感情同因果無關,生死都係由命運決定返嘅。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 呢種係一種叫做紫木嘅植物,佢喺6月左右開花,喺秋天產生紫色嘅小果實。 花嘅語言係「受愛同熟練」。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 杏樹正在開花。

    The almond trees are in bloom.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 繡球在六月開花。

    The hydrangea blooms in June.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 正在開花桃樹很美。

    The budding of the peach tree is very beautiful.

    Tatoeba · cc_neko CC BY

  • 过两三天就要开花了。

    The blossoms will be out in a few days.

    Tatoeba · U2FS CC BY

  • 插到開花

    to severely reprimand

  • 香港嘅木棉樹一到三月就開花。

    The kapok trees in Hong Kong blossom as soon as March comes. ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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