花瓣

• Pinyin: huā bàn
• Hanzi breakdown: 花 = 艹 (grass/plant) + 化 — flower, to blossom; 瓣 = 瓜 + 辡 — a segment or lobe, originally referring to melon segments

Meaning

A petal; one of the individual leaf-like structures that together form a flower's corolla.

Used both literally and metaphorically in literary and poetic language. 花瓣 also appears in product names, design descriptions, and romantic contexts.

Examples

1. 微风吹过，粉红色的樱花花瓣纷纷飘落，铺满了整条小径，美不胜收。 A light breeze blew through, and pink cherry blossom petals drifted down, carpeting the entire path—an unforgettable sight.
2. 植物学家仔细测量了每一朵花的花瓣数量和排列方式，以用于物种分类研究。 The botanist carefully measured the number of petals on each flower and how they were arranged for species-classification research.
3. 她将干燥的玫瑰花瓣收集起来，放入手工皂中，制成了香气宜人的礼品皂。 She collected dried rose petals and added them to handmade soap, making a gift soap with a lovely fragrance.

Usage Guide

Context: botany, literature, crafts, aromatherapy

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 这幅工笔画中的荷花细节极为精准，画家用细若游丝的线条勾勒出每一片花瓣的边缘和脉络，令人叹为观止。(The lotus flower details in this meticulous brushwork painting are extraordinarily precise — the artist used lines as fine as spider silk to delineate the edge and veining of every single petal, a truly breathtaking achievement.)
• 芳香疗法中常常使用从玫瑰花瓣中提取的精油，其浓郁而层次丰富的香气被认为具有舒缓情绪和减轻压力的功效。(Rose petal essential oil is commonly used in aromatherapy; its rich, multi-layered fragrance is considered to have soothing and stress-relieving effects.)

Don't Say

• 花瓣 to refer to the entire flower — 花瓣 is specifically a single petal or the petals collectively; the whole flower is 花朵 or 花

Origin & History

花 (flower) + 瓣 (segment; lobe) — the individual segment of a flower

Cultural Context

Era: Classical to Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal