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天花板tiān huā bǎn
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 | ||
天 | 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) | ||
花 | 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 | ||
板 | 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 | ||
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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tiān huā bǎn
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