开花 kāi huā
“to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy”
verb2021 list level 4Traditional 開花
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
开花 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 726: 开花 kāihuā — Level 3; official annotation 3 (动). PDF page 98
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 开花
开花 means 'to bloom, to blossom' and is a separable verb–object phrase: you can say 开花／开了花／开过花, and modifiers go between the two parts (开了一个月的花). The subject is normally a plant or flower, and the phrase describes the action, not a quality, so it is never modified by 很.
例句Example sentences
- 春天一到，院子里的桃花就开花了。chūn tiān yí dào, yuàn zi lǐ de táo huā jiù kāi huā le.As soon as spring arrives, the peach blossoms in the yard bloom.
- 这种花每年开花两次。zhè zhǒng huā měi nián kāi huā liǎng cì.This kind of flower blooms twice a year.
- 今年天气冷，樱花开花的时间比往年晚了十天。jīn nián tiān qì lěng, yīng huā kāi huā de shí jiān bǐ wǎng nián wǎn le shí tiān.It's cold this year, so the cherry blossoms bloomed ten days later than usual.
常见错误Common mistakes
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✗这些花很开花。
✓这些花开得很好。
开花 is a verb–object phrase, not an adjective, so it cannot be modified by 很; describe the quality with 开得很好/开得很漂亮.
易混词Easily confused
开花vs开放
开放 can also mean 'to bloom' but is more written and also means 'to be open to the public' (公园开放); 开花 is the everyday spoken word for plants blossoming.