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化妆品huà zhuāng pǐn
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 | ||
化 | 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 | ||
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 | ||
貨 | 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 | ||
妆 | ||
1. Simplified form of 妝 | ||
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 | ||
品 | 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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huà zhuāng pǐn
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