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The Chinese word for cotton ball is
棉花球

mián huā qiú



cotton ball

Chinese Definition


Components
     1. kapok (tree, fiber)
           木棉 - kapok
     2. cotton (tree, fiber)
           樹棉 - Gossypium hirsutum (tree cotton)
           棉衣 - cotton-padded clothing
     3. cotton-like material
           石棉 - asbestos
           Mian
     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
     1. ball; globe; orb
           氣球 - balloon
           雪球 - snowball
     2. (mathematics) ball; solid sphere
     3. earth
           全球 - whole world
     4. ball (in sports)
           發球 - to serve
           一 個 籃球 - a basketball
     5. ball game
           球迷 - fan of a ball sport
           一 場 球 - a ball game
     6. (Classifier for spherical objects.)
           一 球 毛線 - a ball of knitting wool
     7. (Teochew, Xiang) (Classifier for stringed objects.) string
     8. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, vulgar) (Expletive. Often used in the form of ……個球(…… my ass). Underlying meaning may be "testes".)
     9. (Cantonese, colloquial) million dollars
     10. (Singapore, slang) testicle
     11. (medicine, attributive) bulbar
     12. Variant of 璆


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