棉 mián generic term for cotton or kapok / cotton / padded or quilted with cotton syn 毛线 毛線 máo xiàn knitting wool / wool yarn syn 毛条 毛條 máo tiáo wool top, semiprocessed raw wool 羊毛線 yáng máo xiàn knitting wool / wool yarn 羊毛线 羊毛線 yáng máo xiàn knitting wool / wool yarn 纺纱 紡紗 fǎng shā to spin (cotton, wool etc) / spinning 卫生棉 衛生棉 wèi shēng mián sterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds) / sanitary napkin / tampon 纯棉 純棉 chún mián pure cotton / 100% cotton 棉线 棉線 mián xiàn cotton thread / yarn cotton 棉裤 棉褲 mián kù quilted cotton trousers / cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter) 棉棒 mián bàng cotton swab / cotton bud 棉花棒 mián huā bàng cotton swab / cotton bud 无菌 無菌 wú jūn sterile / aseptic 无菌的 無菌的 wú jūn de sterile / without germs 昆虫不育术 sterile insect technique 利用昆虫不育术对舌蝇进行生物控制项目 利用昆蟲不育術對舌蠅進行生物控制項目 Project on the Biological Control of Tsetse Flies by the Sterile-Insect Technique 无菌手套 無菌手套 sterile gloves 无菌纱布垫 無菌紗布墊 sterile gauze pad 毛衣 máo yī (wool) sweater / CL:件[jian4] 羊毛 yáng máo fleece / wool / woolen 长毛 長毛 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc) 羊毛衫 yáng máo shān wool sweater / cardigan 掩人耳目 yǎn rén ěr mù to fool people (idiom) / to pull the wool over people's eyes syn 绒线 絨線 róng xiàn wool / woolen thread syn 呢 ní dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets) syn 呢子 ní zi dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets) syn 毛 máo hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) syn 羊毛脂 yáng máo zhī lanolin / wool oil 羊毛出在羊身上 yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom) / One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free. 羢 róng wool of sheep 偷鸡不成蚀把米 偷雞不成蝕把米 tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn 凡尔丁 凡爾丁 fán ěr dīng valitin (plain wool fabric) (loanword) 毛出在羊身上 máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom) / One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free. 毛线衣 毛線衣 máo xiàn yī sweater / woolen knitwear / wool 软呢 軟呢 ruǎn ní soft, pliable wool fabric 国际羊毛研究小组 國際羊毛研究小組 guó jì yáng máo yán jiū xiǎo zǔ International Wool Study Group 芙蓉 fú róng cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis) / lotus / foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an omelet) syn 棉花 mián hua cotton syn 布衣 bù yī plain cotton clothing / (literary) the common people syn 会意 會意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) syn 棉布 mián bù cotton cloth syn 开裂 開裂 kāi liè to split open / to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open) syn 棉衣 mián yī cotton-padded clothes / CL:件[jian4] syn 棉纱 棉紗 mián shā cotton yarn syn 棉袄 棉襖 mián ǎo cotton-padded jacket 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 木棉 mù mián cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) syn 纺织厂 紡織廠 fǎng zhī chǎng textile factory / cotton mill 棉絮 mián xù cotton wadding syn 涤棉 滌棉 dí mián polyester-cotton blend 棉球 mián qiú cotton ball / swab / tampon 棉签 棉籤 mián qiān cotton swab 褥子 rù zi cotton-padded mattress / CL:床[chuang2] syn 棉田 mián tián cotton field 坎肩 kǎn jiān sleeveless jacket (usually cotton) / Chinese waistcoat syn 纱厂 紗廠 shā chǎng cotton mill / textile factory 木棉花 mù mián huā cotton 府绸 府綢 fǔ chóu poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts) 布帛 bù bó cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles syn 棉毛 mián máo knitted cotton 芙蓉花 fú róng huā cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis) / lotus 麻纱 麻紗 má shā linen or cotton fabric 线绳 線繩 xiàn shéng string / cotton rope 脱脂棉 脫脂棉 tuō zhī mián absorbent cotton syn 药棉 藥棉 yào mián sterilized cotton (used for medical swabs) syn 弹 彈 tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) syn 吐 tǔ to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) syn 绵 緜 mián old variant of 綿|绵[mian2] / cotton 纺 紡 fǎng to spin (cotton or hemp etc) / fine woven silk fabric syn 纱 紗 shā cotton yarn / muslin syn 絮 xù cotton wadding / fig. padding / long-winded syn 纩 纊 kuàng fine floss-silk or cotton 緜 mián old variant of 綿|绵 / cotton 采棉机 採棉機 cǎi mián jī cotton picker 絖 kuàng fine floss-silk or cotton 吐絮 tǔ xù cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior 一种粗棉布 一種粗棉布 yī zhǒng cū mián bù A coarse, loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used for wrapping cheese. 弹花 彈花 tán huā to soften cotton fiber by fluffing 拭子 shì zi swab / cotton pad / smear (for medical test) 木芙蓉 mù fú róng cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis) syn 棉花拳击 棉花拳擊 mián huā quán jī Mianhua Quanji - "Cotton Boxing" (Chinese Martial Art) 棉花糖 mián huā táng cotton candy / candyfloss / marshmallow 棉铃 棉鈴 mián líng cotton boll (fruit) 泡泡纱 泡泡紗 pào pào shā seersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples) 絮棉 xù mián cotton wadding 轧棉 軋棉 yà mián to gin cotton (separate seeds from fiber) 轧花机 軋花機 yà huā jī cotton gin 开花衣 開花衣 kāi huā yī to open a bale of cotton 棉凫 棉鳧 mián fú (bird species of China) cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) 棉花部门调整方桉 棉花部門調整方案 Cotton Sector Adjustment Programme 棉属 cotton 棉花倡议 棉花倡議 mián huā chàng yì cotton initiative stripper采棉机 stripper采棉機 cotton stripper 轧棉机 軋棉机 zhá mián jī cotton gin 国际棉花咨询委员会 國際棉花咨詢委員會 International Cotton Advisory Committee 棉籽饼 棉籽餅 mián zǐ bǐng cotton seed cake 国际棉花研究所 國際棉花研究所 guó jì mián huā yán jiū suǒ International Institute for Cotton 关于棉纺织品的长期安排 關於棉紡織品的長期安排 Long-Term Arrangement on Cotton Textiles 棉花支助基金 cotton support fund 