What’s A Cactus In Chinese?

What’s a Cactus in Chinese? That thought went through my head a few weeks ago. And I when I looked it up in my dictionary, I was super happy to discover that the Chinese word for cactus 仙人掌 (Xiānrénzhǎng) literally translates into English as ‘Palm of Celestial Being’. I think I can see it… 🌵🌵🌵.

It made me realise just how limited my flora vocabulary is. So I made the following images to help me learn some more about Chinese flowers as well as the Chinese words for some of my favourite plants.

More info: ltl-shanghai.com

Palm of Celestial Being

‘Peony Pavilion’ ( 牡丹亭 mǔdan tíng) is one of China’s most famous operas

Panda’s snack of choice

The flower of the dead in China (and lots of places).

Fleshy plant.

Lan is a popular Chinese woman’s name.

Lit. Towards (Xiàng) sun (rì) sunflower (kuí) 🌻🌻🌻

🌼🌼🌼 Daisy

Literally ‘Hawk Tail Flower’

Rose 🌹🌹🌹

Symbolises Glory, Fame and Riches

Lavender

A transformation from evil to good in Buddhism

Legendary warrior Mulan’s name translates to Magnolia

茉莉花茶 Mòlìhuā chá = Jasmine petal tea

Lilies are said to help people forget their troubles

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