The Chinese word for cotton ball is
棉花球
mián huā qiúChinese Definition
Components | |
棉 | |
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 | |
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 | |
球 | |
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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