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瓦
ngaa6
Mandarin: wa3
Definitions
  1. 1 roof tile
  2. 2 abbr. for 瓦特wǎtè [瓦特], watt (loan)
  3. 3 earthenware pottery
  4. 4 girl
  5. 5 to laid tiles
  6. 6 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 瓦
光瓦
gwong1 ngaa5
Bright; clean
瓦背
ngaa5 bui3
tiled rooftop (spoken)
瓦通紙
ngaa5 tung1 zi2
corrugated fibreboard; corrugated cardboard
瓦坑
ngaa5 haang1
tiled rooftop (spoken)
千瓦
cin1 ngaa5
kilowatt, a unit of power
阿瓦提
aa3 ngaa5 tai4
Awati (place in Xinjiang)
日內瓦公約
jat6 noi6 ngaa5 gung1 joek3
the Geneva Conventions
瓦片
ngaa5 pin3*2
roof tile
玻璃瓦
bo1 lei4*1 ngaa5
a glass tile
瓦釜雷鳴
ngaa5 fu2 leoi4 ming4
to describe people in power that are only mediocre
玻璃瓦
bo1 lei1 ngaa5
(noun) glass roof-tile
瓦渣
ngaa5 zaa1
(Slang) someone's behaviour is overbearing and blatant
冇瓦遮頭
mou5 ngaa5 je2 tau6
[[no roof tile to shade one's head]] to be homeless, to have no shelter.
瓦解
ngaa5 gaai2
to collapse; to disintegrate
科特迪瓦共和國
fo1 dak6 dik6 ngaa5 gung6 wo4 gwok3
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
有瓦遮頭
jau5 ngaa5 je1 tau6
[[having tiles over one's head]] to have shelter, to have a place to live.
木瓦
muk6 ngaa5
shingle
瓦罉
ngaa5 caang1
earthenware pot; braising pot
瓦斯
ngaa5 si1
fuel gas, natural gas (as a loanword)
瓦簷口
ngaa5 jim4 hau2
eaves (overhanging part of a house's roof)
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