Common Meanings
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kuí葵
Refers to a sunflower (向日葵), an annual herb with large yellow flowers that track the sun, producing edible seeds and oil. It can also be used as a short form for sunflower-related terms.
向日葵的花盘总是朝着太阳。
The sunflower's head always faces the sun.
A type of herbaceous plant (mallow), typically annual or perennial, that blooms with light purple or white flowers in summer, grown for ornamental purposes.
院子里种了几株锦葵，夏季时开出了美丽的淡紫色花朵。
Several mallow plants were grown in the courtyard, blooming with beautiful light purple flowers in summer.
Hollyhock (蜀葵), a perennial herbaceous plant with flowers of various colors (red, purple, white), whose roots can be used medicinally.
园子里种满了五颜六色的蜀葵，盛开时非常美丽。
The garden was filled with colorful hollyhocks, looking very beautiful when in full bloom.
A type of annual herbaceous plant, specifically Chinese mallow (Malva verticillata), whose various parts (seeds, roots, stems, leaves) are often used in traditional medicine. It is an abbreviation for '冬葵' (dongkuí).
这种药材叫做葵，它的种子有清热的功效。
This medicinal herb is called kuí, and its seeds have the effect of clearing heat.
Refers to the Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis), an evergreen tree. Its large, palmately divided leaves are used to make various items, such as fans (e.g., '葵扇' - palm fan), rain capes, and hats. '葵' can also be an abbreviation for this tree or its leaves.
奶奶手里的那把旧蒲葵扇，是她度过炎夏的宝贝。
The old palm fan in Grandma's hand is her treasure for getting through the hot summer.