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化妆品
huà zhuāng pǐn



化妆品
make-up


Definitions

Chinese > English
化妆品
     1. Simplified form of 化妝品
化妝品huàzhuāngpǐn
     1. n. cosmetics; makeup
English > Chinese
make-up
     1. 捏造
Components
huà
     1. to change; to transform
     2. to become; to turn into
     3. to melt
           把 雪 化-掉 - make snow melt
     4. to dissolve
     5. (Suffix denoting "change into ...". Akin to English (m, en, -ize) and m, en, -ization).
           民主化 - democratize
     6. (chemistry) (Affix denoting combination.)
           氧化鈣 - calcium oxide
           氫氧化鈉 - sodium hydroxide
     7. Short for 教化 (enlightenment; cultivation)
     8. (in compounds) Short for 化學 (chemistry)
           日化 - household chemicals
           化工 - chemical industry
     9. Variant of 花
     10. Variant of 貨
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
huò
     1. (literary) money and goods; property
           (zh-co, 殺人越貨, to kill people for their property)
     2. goods; commodities; products
           (zh-co, 現貨, merchandise in stock)
           (zh-co, 百貨, general merchandise)
           (zh-co, 退貨, to return goods or merchandise)
           今日 會 有 批 貨 送 到 嚟。 -
     3. currency
           (zh-co, 通貨, currency)
     4. (derogatory) (used to refer to a person)
           (zh-co, 吃貨, one who eats all day and does nothing)
           (zh-co, 蠢貨, idiot)
     5. (Min Nan) thing; stuff
     6. (obsolete) to bribe
     7. (obsolete) to buy; to purchase
     8. (obsolete) to sell
     1. Simplified form of 妝
zhuāng
     1. (of a woman) to put on makeup; to adorn oneself
     2. woman's personal adornments, makeup and dress
     3. trousseau; dowry
     4. (Wenzhou) to do, make
pǐn
     1. article; item; product; commodity
           商品 - merchandise
           食品 - foodstuff
     2. personality; character
     3. grade; level; rank; class
     4. (musical instrument, of a string instrument) fret
     5. to taste
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