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棉花球mián huā qiú
cotton ball
Definitions
| Components | ||
| 棉 | mián | |
| 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 | huā | |
| 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 | qiú | |
| 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 | ||
| 璆 | ||
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Pronunciation
mián huā qiú
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