The Chinese word for ceiling is
天花板

tiān huā bǎn

ceiling

Chinese Definition

ceiling
1. 天花板
2. 界限
3. 最高限制价格
4. 格子板
5. 顶板
6. 上升限度
7. 视界限度
8. 云底高度
9. 顶棚
Components
天
1. sky; heavens; heavenly; celestial
天空 - sky -
天黑了。 - It's getting dark. (lit. The sky is becoming black)
2. (mythology or religion) heaven as the abode of the gods or the blessed departed; heavenly
上天 - to go up to the sky; to go to heaven -
天意 - Heaven's will -
3. (mythology or religion) Heaven as an impersonal deity; (often translated as God)
天主 - God -
老天 - god -
我的天啊！ - Oh my God! -
天助自助者。 - God helps those who help themselves.
4. top; overhead
天橋 - footbridge -
天窗 - sunroof -
5. weather; climate
天很冷。 - It's very cold.
如果天晴，我們就去散步。 - If the weather clears, we'll go for a walk.
6. day (24 hours)
今天 - today -
明天 - tomorrow -
三天 - three days -
7. day (as opposed to night)
白天 - daytime -
三天兩夜 - three days and two nights -
8. period of time in a day
五更天 - just before dawn -
天不早了。 - It's getting late.
9. season
春天、夏天、秋天、冬天 - spring, summer, autumn, winter
黃梅天 - rainy season -
10. nature
天災 - natural disaster -
11. natural; innate
天生 - innate -
天性 - nature, personality -
天才 - genius -
花
1. flower; blossom
花朵 - flower
2. florid; flowery
花花hua綠綠
3. pattern; design
花纹 - 花纹
4. blurred
眼花 - to have blurred vision
5. fireworks
煙花 - fireworks
6. essence; cream
7. wound
8. Short for 天花, gloss=smallpox
種zhòng花 - to vaccinate against smallpox
9. courtesan; prostitute
10. to spend (money, time, etc.); to cost
這件衣服花了不到一百塊 - This clothing cost less than 100 yuan.
11. profligate
12. (slang) randy; lecherous
13. (slang) to be horny; to womanize
儂又要去花儂個女朋友了是 ?？ - tr=3non&3hhieu+2iau+2qi+1ho+3non&5hheq+3nyy baan hhieu&0leq&3zr va, You're going to seduce your girlfriend again aren't you?, SH, ref=2007, 上海话大词典, page 52
14. false
15. (Cantonese) scratched
佢著着咗呢ni1 對鞋兩個月就已經花嗮喇。 - He's worn the shoes for only two months and they're already all scratched up.
16. (Cantonese, of images, drawings, patterns, etc.) over-colorful; chaotic; messy
17. (Cantonese, card games) flush
18. (Hong Kong) pip (insignia)
19. (Xiamen, &, Zhangzhou Hokkien) to extinguish; to put out (of fire)
20. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to disappear (of a scar)
21. (Shanghainese Wu) cotton
22. (Shanghainese Wu) to tease
儂覅來花我了，我根本覅儂搿本書。 - tr=3non&3viau&3le&1ho+3ngu&0leq&3ngu&1ken pen&3viau&3non&5geq pen&1sr, Stop teasing me, I didn't even want your book in the first place., SH, ref=2007, 上海话大词典, page
23. . Hua
板
1. plank; board
木板 - board; plank
玻璃板 - glass board
2. blackboard
板報
3. sluggish; stiff; inflexible
呆板 - sluggish
古板 - stuffy; old-fashioned and inflexible
4. to harden; hardened
5. (internet) board (sub-unit of a larger BBS or imageboard)
6. (music) clapper
7. (music) beat; meter; rhythm (in music or Chinese opera)
行板 - andante
散sǎn板 - sanban
8. to look serious or displeased
9. (literary or Min Nan) wooden coffin
10. (Min Nan) ability; capability; talent
11. (Suzhou) to have to; must
噶聲閒話板是俚說噶。 - That voice must be his., W-SZ, ref=1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 19
12. Variant of 闆

Translations for 板 and their definitions

天花板
1. n. ceiling
天花板上掛著着zhe 一盞名貴的吊燈。 - A precious chandelier hung from the ceiling.
2. n. (figurative) ceiling; upper limit
3. n. (Dungan, Jin, anatomy) palate; upper jaw; maxilla