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瓦
Mandarin · pinyin wǎ
Meanings
- roof tile
- abbr. for 瓦特 wǎ tè
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- 瓦
- wǎ · tile; earthenware pottery; girl
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Mandarin tones
3 · wa3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ngaa5 · ngaa6
Cantonese word readings for 瓦. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- earthenware; earthenware pottery
- tile (roof covering)
- (historical) back of shield (arching, as if it is covered by tile)
- (historical) amusement park; market
- (historical, dialectal) protecting plate of wheel
- (music) Alternative name for 土 (tǔ, “earth”).
- Ancient placename in modern Hua County, Henan.
- a surname, Wa
character · Etymology 2
- to tile; to cover with tiles
character · Etymology 3
- Used in transcription.
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 瓦特 (wǎtè, “watt”)
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) gram (unit of mass)
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