Chinese symbol for “gaudy”
花里胡哨
huā li hú shào
Traditional: 花裡胡哨
gaudy; flashy (but without substance)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gaudy is 花里胡哨 (huā li hú shào), defined as: gaudy; flashy (but without substance).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “gaudy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刺目 | cì mù | gaudy; glaring |
| 花哨 | huā shao | garish; gaudy |
| 花不棱登 | huā bu lēng dēng | gaudy; having too many jumbled colors |
| 花俏 | huā qiào | fancy; gaudy |
| 花花绿绿 (花花綠綠) | huā huā lǜ lǜ | brightly colored; gaudy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 花里胡哨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花园 (花園) | huā yuán | garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 花费 (花費) | huā fèi | expense; cost |
| 花钱 (花錢) | huā qián | to spend money |
| 棉花 | mián hua | cotton |
| 鲜花 (鮮花) | xiān huā | flower; fresh flowers |
| 桃花 | táo huā | peach blossom; (fig.) love affair |
| 这里 (這裏) | zhè lǐ | variant of 这里 (zhè lǐ) |
| 哪里 (哪裏) | nǎ lǐ | where?; somewhere |
| 胡说八道 (胡說八道) | hú shuō bā dào | to talk rubbish |
| 前哨 | qián shào | outpost; (fig.) front line |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gaudy”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.