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棉花

cotton

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

mian2hua5 • miánhua

Alternative Pinyin

mian2hua1 • miánhuā

Meaning

Primary

cotton

Mnemonic

棉花 Cotton usually refers to the 花 flower like stuff we pick from 棉 cotton trees. Only it isn't actually a 花 flower, so we say that part [5] quietly.

Usage

他 的 衣服 是 用 棉花 制成 的。

His clothing is made from cotton.

一 片 棉花 田

a field of cotton

采摘 棉花

to pick cotton