棉花 meaning in English

miánhuā

cotton

HSK 7-9noun19 strokes

Meaning of 棉花

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

miánhua
  1. cotton

棉花 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

有yǒu一yī天tiān我wǒ买mǎi了le一yī台tái棉mián花huā糖táng机jī。
Someday I'll buy a cotton candy machine.
Trang,如rú果guǒ我wǒ能néng寄jì给gěi你nǐ一yí个gè棉mián花huā糖táng,我wǒ会huì这zhè么me做zuò的de。
If I could send you a marshmallow, Trang, I would.

Stroke order for each character

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棉 mián · generic term for cotton or kapok · 12 strokes

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花 huā · flower · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 棉花.

花园huāyuángarden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plant
鲜花xiānhuāflower; fresh flowers
开花kāihuāto bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open
桃花táohuāpeach blossom; (fig.) love affair
花费huāfèiexpense; cost
花生huāshēngpeanut
花瓶huāpíngflower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but no
烟花yānhuāfireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
梅花méihuāplum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games)
火花huǒhuāspark; sparkle
菊花júhuāchrysanthemum; (TCM) chrysanthemum flower
花样huāyàngpattern; way of doing sth

Questions about 棉花

What does 棉花 mean?

棉花 (miánhuā) means "cotton" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 棉花?

棉花 is made of 2 characters: 棉 (12 strokes), 花 (7 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 棉花 an HSK word?

Yes. 棉花 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.