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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 製成 的。

His clothing is made from cotton.

一 片 棉花 田

a field of cotton

採摘 棉花

to pick cotton