花园 huāyuán garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc)
garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants
How to remember 花园: 花 flower + 园 garden = garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc).
Characters
How it is used
- A garden with ornamental flowers/plants - measure word 座 (zuò): 一座花园 (yí zuò huāyuán), the classifier for large fixed structures.
- Distinct from 菜园 (càiyuán) a vegetable garden and 公园 (gōngyuán) a public park. 花园 is decorative/private-feeling; residential complexes often carry 花园 in their names.
Example sentences
- 我爸爸在花园里。 Wǒ bàbà zài huāyuánlǐ.My father's in the garden.
- 我看见一条脏狗进了花园。 Wǒ kànjiàn yītiáo zànggǒujìn le huāyuán.I saw a dirty dog enter the garden.
- 花园中有一个游泳池。 Huāyuán zhōng yǒu yī gè yóuyǒngchí.There's a swimming pool in the garden.