Word and Radical Components of 棉花球
棉花球 ⇨ 棉 + 花 + 球
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 | 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 |
棉 ⇨ 木 + 帛
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 木 | mù | 1. tree; woody plant |
| Synonyms: 樹 | ||
| 樹木 - tree | ||
| 灌木 - shrub | ||
| 木芍藥 - tree peony | ||
| 2. wood; timber | ||
| 木頭tou - log | ||
| 3. wooden | ||
| 這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood | ||
| 4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden | ||
| 木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate | ||
| 棺木 - coffin | ||
| 就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin) | ||
| 5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒) | ||
| 有木有 - innit, damn right | ||
| 6. numb | ||
| 麻木 - numb, insensitive | ||
| 她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold. | 帛 | bó | 1. silks; fabrics |
| 2. wealth; property |
花 ⇨ 艹 + 化
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 艸 | 1. grass | |
| 2. Variant of 草 | 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 |
球 ⇨ 玉
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 玉 | yù | 1. jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite) |
| 一 塊 玉juk6-2 - a piece of jade | ||
| 玉佩 - jade pendant - | ||
| 玉石俱焚 - the good and the bad perish together, lit=jade and stone incinerated together - | ||
| 2. pure; beautiful | ||
| 玉容 - beautiful face (of a woman) - | ||
| 亭亭玉立 - slender and graceful (of a woman) - | ||
| 錦衣玉食 - to live a luxurious life - | ||
| 3. (honorific) your | ||
| 玉照 - your photograph - | ||
| 4. (Cantonese, borrowing) Alternative form of 肉 | ||
| 5. (zh-used in, 玉冰燒) | ||
| Yu | ||
| 6. Variant of 鬱 |
帛 ⇨ 白 + 巾
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 白 | bái, bó | 1. white |
| 白色 (báisè) - white color | ||
| 白茶 (báichá) - white tea | ||
| 2. clear; easy to understand | ||
| 明白bai (míngbai) - clear, obvious | ||
| 淺白 (qiǎnbái) - simple | ||
| 3. clear; pure; plain; blank | ||
| 白紙 (báizhǐ) - a blank sheet of paper | ||
| 白卷 (báijuǎn) - blank exam paper | ||
| 白水 (báishuǐ) - plain water | ||
| 白粥 (báizhōu) - plain congee | ||
| 4. bright; well-lit | ||
| 5. eminent; prominent | ||
| 6. vernacular | ||
| 白話 (báihuà) - spoken language | ||
| 7. dialect | ||
| 蘇白 (sūbái) - Suzhou dialect | ||
| 京白 (jīngbái) - Beijing dialect | ||
| 8. Short for 白讀 (gloss=colloquial reading) | ||
| 9. reactionary; anticommunist | ||
| 白軍 (báijūn) - The White army | ||
| 白區 (báiqū) - The White area | ||
| 白色恐怖 (báisèkǒngbù) - the White terror | ||
| 10. in vain; for nothing | ||
| 我們 沒有 白 忙。 - Our efforts were not in vain. | ||
| 她 白 等 了。 - She waited in vain. | ||
| 他們 的 血 沒有 白 流。 (Tāmen de xuè méiyǒu bái liú.) - Their blood was not shed in vain. | ||
| 所有 的 工作 都 白 做 了。 (Suǒyǒu de gōngzuò dōu bái zuò le.) - All the work has been done for nothing. | ||
| 白 來 一趟 (bái lái yītàng) - to come in vain; to come for nothing | ||
| 白給 的 東西xi (báigěi de dōngxi) - something given for nothing | ||
| 11. free of charge; gratuitous; gratis | ||
| 你 可以 白 拿走 這 些 蘋果。 (Nǐ kěyǐ bái názǒu zhè xiē píngguǒ.) - You can have these apples for free. | ||
| 12. to stare coldly; to stare at someone with the white of the eyes | ||
| 她 生氣 地de 白 了 他 一眼。 (Tā shēngqì de bái le tā yīyǎn.) - She gave him an angry stare. | ||
| 13. to explain; to present; to state | ||
| 自白 (zìbái) - explain oneself, confess | ||
| 開場白 (kāichǎngbái) - preamble | ||
| 表白 (biǎobái) - to explain oneself | ||
| 辯白 (biànbái) - to explain, to defend oneself | ||
| 14. to mispronounce or wrongly write a character | ||
| 我 老是 寫 白 字 讀破句。 (Wǒ lǎoshì xiě bái zì dúpòjù.) - I always mispronounce words and break my sentences up in the wrong places. | ||
| 我 把 這 字 念 白 了。 (Wǒ bǎ zhè zì niàn bái le.) - I've mispronounced the character. | ||
| 15. spoken lines | ||
| 念白 (niànbái) - spoken parts of a Chinese opera | ||
| 道白 (dàobái) - spoken parts of a Chinese opera | ||
| 獨白 (dúbái) - monologue | ||
| 對白 (duìbái) - dialogue | ||
| 16. funeral | ||
| 紅白喜事 (hóngbáixǐshì) - weddings and funerals | ||
| 17. . Bai | ||
| 白 崇-禧 (Bái Chóngxǐ) - Bai Chongxi | ||
| 18. Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China | 巾 | jīn | 1. turban |
| 2. a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief | ||
| 3. (historical) piece of clothing worn on the head in China |
化 ⇨ 亻 + 匕
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 亻 | rén | 1. Side form of the person (人) radical. |
| 2. usage. Only used as a component in a character. Referred to as 單人旁. | 匕 | bǐ | 1. (historical) a kind of spoon in ancient China |
| 2. (literary) dagger | ||
| 3. Original form of 妣 (deceased mother) | ||
| 4. Variant of 牝 |