"Cotton" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 棉花 | mián hua | cotton |   |
| 木棉花 | mù mián huā | cotton | |
| 棉 |  mián | generic term for cotton or kapok / cotton / padded or quilted with cotton | |
| 绵 | mián | old variant of 綿|绵[mian2] / cotton | |
| 棉属 | cotton | | |
| 芙蓉 | fú róng | cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis) / lotus / foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an omelet) | |
| 布衣 | bù yī | plain cotton clothing / (literary) the common people | |
| 会意 | 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) | |
| 纯棉 | chún mián | pure cotton / 100% cotton | |
| 棉布 | mián bù | cotton cloth | |
| 开裂 | kāi liè | to split open / to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open) | |
| 棉纱 | mián shā | cotton yarn | |
| 种花 | zhòng huā | to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton | |
| 木棉 | mù mián | cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) | |
| 纺织厂 | fǎng zhī chǎng | textile factory / cotton mill | |
| 棉絮 | mián xù | cotton wadding | |
| 棉球 | mián qiú | cotton ball / swab / tampon | |
| 棉签 | mián qiān | cotton swab | |
| 卫生棉 | wèi shēng mián | sterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds) / sanitary napkin / tampon | |
| 棉线 | mián xiàn | cotton thread / yarn cotton | |
| 棉裤 | mián kù | quilted cotton trousers / cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter) | |
| 棉田 | mián tián | cotton field | |
| 纱厂 | shā chǎng | cotton mill / textile factory | |
| 布帛 | bù bó | cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles | |
| 棉毛 | mián máo | knitted cotton | |
| 芙蓉花 | fú róng huā | cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis) / lotus | |
| 麻纱 | má shā | linen or cotton fabric | |
| 线绳 | xiàn shéng | string / cotton rope | |
| 脱脂棉 | tuō zhī mián | absorbent cotton | |
| 药棉 | yào mián | sterilized cotton (used for medical swabs) | |
| 吐 | tǔ | to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 纱 | shā | cotton yarn / muslin | |
| 絮 | xù | cotton wadding / fig. padding / long-winded | |
| 纩 | kuàng | fine floss-silk or cotton | |
| 緜 | mián | old variant of 綿|绵 / cotton | |
| 采棉机 | 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 | yī zhǒng cū mián bù | A coarse, loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used for wrapping cheese. | |
| 弹花 | 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) | |
| 棉棒 | mián bàng | cotton swab / cotton bud | |
| 棉花棒 | mián huā bàng | cotton swab / cotton bud | |
| 棉花糖 | mián huā táng | cotton candy / candyfloss / marshmallow | |
| 棉铃 | mián líng | cotton boll (fruit) | |
| 絮棉 | xù mián | cotton wadding | |
| 轧棉 | yà mián | to gin cotton (separate seeds from fiber) | |
| 轧花机 | yà huā jī | cotton gin | |
| 开花衣 | kāi huā yī | to open a bale of cotton | |
| 棉凫 | mián fú | (bird species of China) cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) | |
| 棉花部门调整方桉 | Cotton Sector Adjustment Programme | | |
| 棉花倡议 | mián huā chàng yì | cotton initiative | |
| stripper采棉机 | cotton stripper | | |
| 轧棉机 | zhá mián jī | cotton gin | |
| 国际棉花咨询委员会 | International Cotton Advisory Committee | | |
| 棉籽饼 | mián zǐ bǐng | cotton seed cake | |
| 国际棉花研究所 | guó jì mián huā yán jiū suǒ | International Institute for Cotton | |
| 关于棉纺织品的长期安排 | Long-Term Arrangement on Cotton Textiles | | |
| 无菌药棉 | sterile cotton wool | | |
| 棉花支助基金 | cotton support fund | | |
| 棉花综合研究和开发方桉 | Integrated Cotton Research and Development Programme | | |
| 竹布 | zhú bù | light cotton fabric | |
| 棉铃虫 | mián líng chóng | cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) | |
