五 wǔ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 二 — two
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
五花八门
wǔhuābāmén
all kinds of; varied
Characters in this word
花 huā
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 化 to change, to convert, to reform
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
八 bā
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
门 mén
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 门 — gate, door, entrance, opening
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 网上关于育儿的建议五花八门，家长更需要辨别依据。 Wǎngshàng guānyú yù'ér de jiànyì wǔhuābāmén, jiāzhǎng gèng xūyào biànbié yījù. Online advice about parenting is extremely varied, so parents need to distinguish what is evidence-based.
- 街头小吃五花八门，我最喜欢的还是那家馄饨。 Jiētóu xiǎochī wǔhuābāmén, wǒ zuì xǐhuan de háishì nà jiā húntun. Street food comes in all kinds, but my favorite is still the wontons at that stall.
- 商店里的玩具五花八门，孩子看了半天挑不定。 Shāngdiàn lǐ de wánjù wǔhuābāmén, háizi kàn le bàntiān tiāo bù dìng. The toys in the store are endlessly varied, and the child looked for a long time without choosing.
Related words
- 五 wǔ five
- 五颜六色 wǔyánliùsè colorful
- 三番五次 sānfānwǔcì repeatedly; again and again
- 五官 wǔguān facial features; sense organs
- 五湖四海 wǔhúsìhǎi all corners of the country; far and wide
- 花 huā flower
- 花 huā to spend
- 花园 huāyuán garden
- 花 huā colorful; patterned
- 开花 kāihuā to bloom
- 鲜花 xiānhuā fresh flowers
- 桃花 táohuā peach blossom