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天花板
tiān huā bǎn



天花板
ceiling


Definitions

Chinese > English
天花板tiānhuābǎn
     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
English > Chinese
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
tiān
     1. sky; heavens; heavenly; celestial
           (zh-co, 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
           (zh-co, 上天, to go up to the sky; to go to heaven)
           (zh-co, 天意, Heaven's will)
     3. (mythology or religion) Heaven as an impersonal deity; (often translated as God)
           (zh-co, 天主, God)
           (zh-co, 老天, god)
           (zh-co, 我 的 天 啊!, Oh my God!)
           天 助 自 助 者。 - God helps those who help themselves.
     4. top; overhead
           (zh-co, 天橋, footbridge)
           (zh-co, 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)
           (zh-co, 今天, today)
           (zh-co, 明天, tomorrow)
           (zh-co, 三 天, three days)
     7. day (as opposed to night)
           (zh-co, 白天, daytime)
           (zh-co, 三 天 兩 夜, three days and two nights)
     8. period of time in a day
           (zh-co, 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
           (zh-co, 黃梅天, rainy season)
     10. nature
           (zh-co, 天災, natural disaster)
     11. natural; innate
           (zh-co, 天生, innate)
           (zh-co, 天性, nature, personality)
           (zh-co, 天才, genius)
huā
     1. flower; blossom
           花朵 - flower
     2. florid; flowery
           zh-x, 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
bǎn
     1. plank; board
           木板 - board; plank
           玻璃 板 - glass board
     2. blackboard
           (zh-x, 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
bǎn
     1. (zh-only, 老闆)
     2. (zh-hist-ghost) to look from a door attn, zh, please check: 門中視
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