瓦 - wǎ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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瓦

wǎ

Definition

tile
水泥瓦

Cement tile

檢查一下屋頂上是否有瓦被風颳得挪位。

Check the roof for tiles that have been displaced by the wind.
earthen
to put tiles on a roof
to cover (a roof) with tiles
radical (Kang Xi 98)
watt (abbr. for 瓦特, loanword)
我的燈用40瓦

My lamp uses 40 watts.

Character Decomposition

Compounds (32)

瓶

píng

bottle; vase; pitcher; classifier (for wine and liquids); measure word

瓷

cí

chinaware; porcelain; china

甄

zhēn

to distinguish; to evaluate

甕

wèng

pottery container for water, wine etc

甌

ōu

(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel

cauldron; rice pot

Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia

瓴

líng

concave channels of tiling

甀

zhuì

vase with a small mouth

甍

méng

rafters supporting tiles; ridge of a roof

glazed tile

a kind of vase (old); see 安瓿

brickwork of well

earthenware vessel

potter; ceramicist

big jar

vase; jar

large wine jar

(grass); (orchid)

earthen jar with long neck

earthen jar

a jar without ears

deciwatt (old); single-character equivalent of deciwatt (old); single-character equivalent of 十瓦[shi2 wa3]

to grab; see 邷麼兒

old place name

a squat jar for holding wine, sauces etc

甌

Ōu

old name for Wenzhou City 溫州市 in Zhejiang 浙江

centiwatt (old)

hectowatt (old); single-character equivalent of 百瓦

瓱

háo wǎ

milliwatt (old); single-character equivalent of 毫瓦

瓰

fēn wǎ

deciwatt (old); single-character equivalent of 分瓦

瓩

qiān wǎ

kilowatt (old); single-character equivalent of 千瓦

Related words (39)

bricklayer; tiler

pottery

tiling; bricklaying; plastering

eaves-tile

gas (loanword)

rows of tiles; corrugated

tile

watt (loanword)

ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile

rubble; debris

to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble

瓦礫堆

wǎ lì duī

pile of rubble; debris

wasabi (loanword)

valkyrie

complete disintegration

megawatt

deciwatt

kilowatt (unit of electric power)

shingle

milliwatt

tiling (of roofs, floors, walls etc)

tiles and bricks

ink slab

green; glazed tile

megawatt

room tiles

poisonous gas; stinking fart

沙瓦瑪

shā wǎ mǎ

shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)

泥瓦匠

ní wǎ jiàng

bricklayer; tiler; mason

glazed roof tile

slate tile

asbestos roofing sheet (corrugated)

三瓦兩舍

sān wǎ liǎng shè

places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc)

tear gas

to melt like ice and break like tiles; to disintegrate; to dissolve

土崩瓦解

tǔ bēng wǎ jiě

to collapse; to fall apart

斷瓦殘垣

duàn wǎ cán yuán

the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated

破瓦寒窯

pò wǎ hán yáo

(lit.) broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house; poor and shabby dwelling

青堂瓦舍

qīng táng wǎ shè

brick house with a tiled roof

Idioms (2)

添磚加瓦

tiān zhuān jiā wǎ

(lit.) contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom); (fig.) to do one's bit to help

黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴

huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng

(lit.) earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

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