棉
花

Cotton in Chinese: 棉花 (mián hua)

mián hua

cotton

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-92 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1cotton

Stroke order

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棉
花

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄧㄢˊ

mián

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

˙ㄏㄨㄚ

hua

˙/ neutral toneㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ a

Example sentences

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  • 有一天我买了一台棉花糖机。

    yǒu yì tiān wǒ mǎi le yì tái mián huā táng jī。

    Someday I will buy a cotton candy machine.

  • Trang，如果我能寄给你一个棉花糖，我会这么做的。

    Trang， rú guǒ wǒ néng jì gěi nǐ yí gè mián huā táng， wǒ huì zhè me zuò de。

    If I could send you a marshmallow, Trang, I would.

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Related words

花

huā

flower

棉

mián

generic term for cotton or kapok

花园

huā yuán

garden

花生

huā shēng

peanut

开花

kāi huā

to bloom

鲜花

xiān huā

flower

桃花

táo huā

peach blossom

花费

huā fèi

expense

花瓶

huā píng

flower vase

梅花

méi huā

plum blossom

烟花

yān huā

fireworks

桂花

guì huā

osmanthus flowers

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