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The Chinese word for lavender is
薰衣草色

xūn yī cǎo sè



lavender

Chinese Definition


lavender
     1. 薰衣草
     2. 薰衣草乾燥过的花
     3. 薄紫色
     4. 淡紫色
Components
     1. fragrance of flowers
     2. coumarou, tonka bean
     3. (Min) cigarette; smoke
     4. to smoke
     5. to cauterize
     1. (upper) garment; clothes; clothing
           衣服 - clothes
           內衣 - underwear
           睡衣 - night clothes; pajamas
     2. coating; covering; skin
           糖衣 - sugar coating
           槍衣 - gun cover
     3. membrane; film
     4. (literary or dialectal) afterbirth; placenta
           衣yì錦還huán鄉 - to return home in glory
     1. herbaceous plant; herb; weed; wort; grass; forb
           草地 上 有 一 頭 牛 在 吃 草。 - There is one cow eating grass on the lawn.
           香草 - fragrant herb
           蒿草 - mugwort
     2. Used in names of some woody plants
           莽草 - Illicium henryi and Illicium lanceolatum
           舞草 - Codariocalyx motorius
           醉魚草 - Buddleja lindleyana
     3. straw
           稻草 - rice straw
           草鞋 - straw sandals
     4. (Cantonese, slang) marijuana; cannabis; weed
           㨃deoi2 草 - to smoke weed
     5. (dated) countryside; wilderness
           落草為wéi寇 - to become a bandit in the countryside
     6. common; ordinary
           草金魚 - common goldfish
     7. (dialectal, chiefly of livestock or poultry) female
     8. draft; sketch
     9. careless; rough; sloppy
     10. to draft
           草擬 - to draft; to draw up (a plan)
     11. (calligraphy) Short for 草書, cursive script (grass script)
           狂草 - wild cursive
     12.    cursive
     13. (chemistry) oxalic
     14. Variant of 皂
     15. (slang) Alternative form of 肏 (fuck)
     16. (neologism, internet slang) LOL
           草(中日 雙語) - fuck lmao
     17. (neologism, internet slang) hilarious
           這 也 太 草 了 吧。 - Isn't this a bit too hilarious?
     1. color; tint; hue; shade
           顏色 - color
           顏色shǎi兒r - color
           紅色 - red
           四.色.定理 - four color theorem
     2. (zh-no-solo) look; expression
           臉色 - facial expression
     3. (zh-no-solo) scenery; circumstance
           景色 - scenery
           夜色 - night scenery
     4. kind; sort
           貨色 - goods; stuff; trash; rubbish; quality of goods; specification
     5. feminine charm; beauty
           姿色 - good looks (of women)
     6. lust; sexual desire
           好hào色 - to lust for women
           色情 - pornography; sexual desire
     7. (colloquial) perverted; being a pervert; lecherous
     8. theatrical role
           角jué色 - role; part
     9. metallic content
           成色 - purity (of a precious metal in an alloy)
     10. die (a cube with numbers or symbols on each side, used in games of chance)
           色shǎi子zi - die
     11. (Buddhism) (l-lite, pi, rūpa) (form; material element; form of existence; etc.)
           色 即 是 空,空 即 是 色。 - Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
     12. (transgender slang) Short for 色普龍; cypro (cyproterone acetate)



Translations for and their definitions

薰衣草
     1. n. lavender


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