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棉

mián

HSK 6 Character

What 棉 means

1. generic term for cotton or kapok
2. cotton
3. padded or quilted with cotton

Example sentences

• 这件罩衫是棉的。
  This blouse is cotton.
• 有一天我买了一台棉花糖机。
  Yǒu yī tiān wǒ mǎi le yī tái miánhuātáng jī.
  Someday I'll buy a cotton candy machine.
• Trang，如果我能寄给你一个棉花糖，我会这么做的。
  T rang, rúguǒ wǒ néng jì gěi nǐ yī gè miánhuātáng, wǒ huì zhème zuò de.
  If I could send you a marshmallow, Trang, I would.
• Trang，如果我能寄给你一个棉花糖，我会这幺做的。
  If I could send you a marshmallow, Trang, I would.
• 3个马来西亚侨民与一个菲律宾国民在棉兰老岛达沃市爆炸里被炸死了。
  3 gè Mǎláixīyà qiáomín yǔ yī gè Fēilǜbīn guómín zài Miánlánlǎo Dǎo dá wò shì bàozhà lǐ bèi zhàsǐ le.
  3 Malay nationals and a Filipino were killed in the Davao bombing on Mindanao.
• 3个马来西亚侨民与一个菲律宾国民在棉兰老岛纳卯市爆炸里被炸死了。
  3 gè Mǎláixīyà qiáomín yǔ yī gè Fēilǜbīn guómín zài Miánlánlǎo Dǎo nà mǎo shì bàozhà lǐ bèi zhàsǐ le.
  3 Malay nationals and a Filipino were killed in the Davao bombing on Mindanao.

Words starting with 棉

• 棉花mián huacotton
• 棉被mián bèicomforter; quilt
• 棉袄mián ǎocotton-padded jacket
• 棉衣mián yīcotton-padded clothes
• 棉布mián bùcotton cloth
• 棉絮mián xùcotton wadding
• 棉裤mián kùquilted cotton trousers; cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter)
• 棉帽mián màocotton-padded hat
• 棉条mián tiáo(textiles) sliver; tampon (abbr. for 卫生棉条
• 棉棒mián bàngcotton swab; cotton bud
• 棉毛mián máoknitted cotton
• 棉球mián qiúcotton ball; swab; tampon
• 棉田mián tiáncotton field
• 棉签mián qiāncotton swab
• 棉线mián xiàncotton thread; yarn cotton
• 棉兰Mián lánMedan (city in Indonesia)
• 棉豆mián dòulima bean, aka butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
• 棉花棒mián huā bàngcotton swab; cotton bud
• 棉花糖mián huā tángcotton candy; candyfloss; marshmallow
• 棉兰老岛Mián lán lǎo DǎoMindanao (island in the Philippines)
• 棉铃mián língcotton boll (fruit)
• 棉铃虫mián líng chóngcotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera)
• 棉纱mián shācotton yarn
• 棉凫mián fú(bird species of China) cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Words containing 棉

• 纯棉chún miánpure cotton; 100% cotton
• 高棉Gāo miánCambodia; Kampuchea; Khmer
• 木棉mù miáncotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
• 泡棉pào miánfoam (material)
• 石棉shí miánasbestos
• 药棉yào miánsterilized cotton (used for medical swabs)
• 采棉机cǎi mián jīcotton picker
• 木棉科mù mián kēBombacaceae (botany)
• 白棉纸bái mián zhǐstencil tissue paper
• 石棉瓦shí mián wǎasbestos roofing sheet (corrugated)
• 石棉县Shí mián XiànShimian, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市
• 脱脂棉tuō zhī miánabsorbent cotton
• 卫生棉wèi shēng miánsterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds)…
• 格子棉布gé zi mián bùgingham
• 红色高棉Hóng sè Gāo miánKhmer Rouge, Cambodian political party
• 卫生棉条wèi shēng mián tiáotampon
• 月经棉栓yuè jīng mián shuāntampon
• 涤棉dí miánpolyester-cotton blend
• 硝化棉xiāo huà miánnitrocellulose; guncotton
• 轧棉yà miánto gin cotton (separate seeds from fiber)
• 絮棉xù miáncotton wadding

Characters that look like 棉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

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• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 锦jǐnbrocade; embroidered work; bright
• 绵miánsilk floss; continuous; soft
• 稚zhìinfantile; young
• 梓zǐChinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and…

Sounds the same

Read mián, tone for tone, but written differently.

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