Usage of the character 瓦
wǎ
瓦
[瓦]
- roof tile
- abbr. for 瓦特 (wǎtè)
wǎjiě
瓦解
[瓦解]
- to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble
- to disrupt; to break up
nòngwǎ
弄瓦
[弄瓦]
- (literary) to have a baby girl; to celebrate the birth of a daughter
shāwǎ
沙瓦
[沙瓦]
- a sour (type of cocktail) (loanword)
Sūwǎ
苏瓦
[蘇瓦]
- Suva, capital of Fiji
zhàowǎ
兆瓦
[兆瓦]
- megawatt
Túwǎ
图瓦
[圖瓦]
- Tuva, a republic in south-central Siberia, Russia
qiānwǎ
千瓦
[千瓦]
- kilowatt (unit of electric power)
Nièwǎ
涅瓦
[涅瓦]
- the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)
wǎpiàn
瓦片
[瓦片]
- tile
- CL:塊/块 (kuài)
yànwǎ
砚瓦
[硯瓦]
- ink slab
wǎgōng
瓦工
[瓦工]
- tiling
- bricklaying
- plastering
Wǎlōng
瓦隆
[瓦隆]
- Walloon, inhabitant of Southern French-speaking area of Belgium
wǎsī
瓦斯
[瓦斯]
- gas (loanword)
bìwǎ
碧瓦
[碧瓦]
- green
- glazed tile
wǎjiang
瓦匠
[瓦匠]
- bricklayer
- tiler
mùwǎ
木瓦
[木瓦]
- shingle
wǎléng
瓦楞
[瓦楞]
- rows of tiles on a roof
- corrugated
wǎyàn
瓦砚
[瓦硯]
- ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile
wǎlì
瓦砾
[瓦礫]
- rubble
- debris
zhuānwǎ
砖瓦
[磚瓦]
- tiles and bricks
wǎfáng
瓦房
[瓦房]
- tile-roofed house
Wǎchéng
瓦城
[瓦城]
- another name for Mandalay 曼德勒, Myanmar's second city
wǎlán
瓦蓝
[瓦藍]
- (usu. of the sky) azure; bright blue
Wǎlà
瓦剌
[瓦剌]
- Oirat Mongols (alliance of tribes of Western Mongolia) (Ming Dynasty term)
Xīwǎ
锡瓦
[錫瓦]
- Siwa, Egypt
fēnwǎ
分瓦
[分瓦]
- deciwatt
wǎliàng
瓦亮
[瓦亮]
- shiny
- very bright
wǎqì
瓦器
[瓦器]
- pottery
wǎdāng
瓦当
[瓦當]
- eaves-tile
Wǎlì
瓦利
[瓦利]
- Váli (son of Odin)
gàiwǎ
盖瓦
[蓋瓦]
- tiling (of roofs, floors, walls etc)
háowǎ
毫瓦
[毫瓦]
- milliwatt
wǎtè
瓦特
[瓦特]
- watt (loanword)
zhàowǎtè
兆瓦特
[兆瓦特]
- megawatt
géwǎsī
格瓦斯
[格瓦斯]
- (loanword) kvass
Wǎdūzī
瓦都兹
[瓦都茲]
- Vaduz, capital of Liechtenstein (Tw)
Nièwǎ Hé
涅瓦河
[涅瓦河]
- Nyeva or Neva River (through St Petersburg)
Tèwǎzú
特瓦族
[特瓦族]
- Twa or Batwa, an ethnic group in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Wǎdésè
瓦德瑟
[瓦德瑟]
- Vadsø (city in Finnmark, Norway)
Wǎliánggé
瓦良格
[瓦良格]
- Varyag, former Soviet aircraft carrier purchased by China and renamed 遼寧號/辽宁号 ( Liáoníng Hào)
Nàwǎsà
纳瓦萨
[納瓦薩]
- Navassa
wǎlìduī
瓦砾堆
[瓦礫堆]
- pile of rubble
- debris
Jiāluówǎ
伽罗瓦
[伽羅瓦]
- Évariste Galois (1811-1832), French mathematician
Wǎlètā
瓦勒他
[瓦勒他]
- Valletta, capital of Malta (Tw)
wǎsàbǐ
瓦萨比
[瓦薩比]
- wasabi (loanword)
shímiánwǎ
石棉瓦
[石棉瓦]
- asbestos roofing sheet (corrugated)
zhàowǎshí
兆瓦时
[兆瓦時]
- megawatt-hour
Rìnèiwǎ
日内瓦
[日內瓦]
- Geneva, Switzerland
Tǔwǎlǔ
吐瓦鲁
[吐瓦魯]
- Tuvalu, island country in the SW Pacific (Tw)
Wǎ'ěrtè
瓦尔特
[瓦爾特]
- Walter
Túwǎlú
图瓦卢
[圖瓦盧]
- Tuvalu
Wǎfángdiàn
瓦房店
[瓦房店]
- Wangfangdian, county-level city in Dalian 大連/大连 ( Dàlián), Liaoning
Sīwǎtè
斯瓦特
[斯瓦特]
- Swat province in Pakistani Northwest Frontier
shāwǎmǎ
沙瓦玛
[沙瓦瑪]
- shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)
wǎléngzhǐ
瓦楞纸
[瓦楞紙]
- corrugated fiberboard; corrugated cardboard
Anwǎ'ěr
安瓦尔
[安瓦爾]
- Anwar (name)
- Anwar bin Ibrahim (1947-), Malaysian politician, deputy prime minister 1993-1998, imprisoned 1999-2004 on charges including alleged homosexual acts, subsequently overturned
Lāwǎ'ěr
拉瓦尔
[拉瓦爾]
- Laval (name)
Lāwǎxī
拉瓦锡
[拉瓦錫]
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry
fǎtèwǎ
法特瓦
[法特瓦]
- fatwa (loanword)
Wéiwǎdì
韦瓦第
[韋瓦第]
- Vivaldi (name)
- Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741), Italian composer
wūmiànwǎ
屋面瓦
[屋面瓦]
- room tiles
Wǎxīlǐ
瓦西里
[瓦西里]
- Vasily (name)
Nàwǎhuò
纳瓦霍
[納瓦霍]
- Navajo
dúwǎsī
毒瓦斯
[毒瓦斯]
- poisonous gas
- stinking fart
Luójiǎwǎ
罗贾瓦
[羅賈瓦]
- Rojava (de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria)
Qīngwǎtái
青瓦台
[青瓦臺]
- the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948-2022), now a public park
Tǎlāwǎ
塔拉瓦
[塔拉瓦]
- Tarawa, capital of Kiribati
Wǎdùzī
瓦杜兹
[瓦杜茲]
- Vaduz, capital of Liechtenstein
Wǎ'ěrnà
瓦尔纳
[瓦爾納]
- Varna (city in Bulgaria)
Wéi'ěrwǎ
韦尔瓦
[韋爾瓦]
- Huelva, Spain
Wǎláitǎ
瓦莱塔
[瓦萊塔]
- Valletta, capital of Malta
Sàwǎ Hé
萨瓦河
[薩瓦河]
- Sava River, flowing through Southeast Europe
shíbǎnwǎ
石板瓦
[石板瓦]
- slate tile
Aì'àowǎ
艾奥瓦
[艾奧瓦]
- Iowa, US state
Alāwǎ
阿拉瓦
[阿拉瓦]
- Araba or Álava
Wǎlǐsī
瓦里斯
[瓦里斯]
- Wallis (name)
- John Wallis (1616-1703), English mathematician, precursor of Newton
Niǔwǎkè
纽瓦克
[紐瓦克]
- Newark (place name)
níwǎjiàng
泥瓦匠
[泥瓦匠]
- bricklayer
- tiler
- mason
Hāwǎnà
哈瓦那
[哈瓦那]
- Havana, capital of Cuba
Shīwǎbù
施瓦布
[施瓦布]
- Schwab (name)
Wǎdéxī
瓦德西
[瓦德西]
- Waldersee (name)
- Alfred Graf Von Waldersee (1832-1904), commander-in-chief of the Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍/八国联军 ( Bāguó Liánjūn)
Báishāwǎ
白沙瓦
[白沙瓦]
- Peshawar, city in north Pakistan
Awǎtí
阿瓦提
[阿瓦提]
- Avat nahiyisi (Awat county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區/阿克苏地区 ( Akèsūdìqū), west Xinjiang
liúlíwǎ
琉璃瓦
[琉璃瓦]
- glazed roof tile
Qíwǎwǎ
奇瓦瓦
[奇瓦瓦]
- Chihuahua, Mexico
qiānwǎshí
千瓦时
[千瓦時]
- kilowatt-hour
Wǎ'ěrdé
瓦尔德
[瓦爾德]
- Vardø (city in Finnmark, Norway)
Shīwǎxīngé
施瓦辛格
[施瓦辛格]
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
Lǐwǎ'ěrduō
里瓦尔多
[里瓦爾多]
- Rivaldo
cuīlèiwǎsī
催泪瓦斯
[催淚瓦斯]
- tear gas
Wǎnǔ'ātú
瓦努阿图
[瓦努阿圖]
- Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
Yīluòwǎdǐ
伊洛瓦底
[伊洛瓦底]
- Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwaddy River, the main river of Myanmar (Burma)
wǎjiěbīngpàn
瓦解冰泮
[瓦解冰泮]
- complete disintegration
Bātèwǎzú
巴特瓦族
[巴特瓦族]
- see 特瓦族 ( Tèwǎzú)
Dùwǎlì'āi
杜瓦利埃
[杜瓦利埃]
- Duvalier (name)
wǎ'ěrjīlǐ
瓦尔基里
[瓦爾基里]
- valkyrie
Kētèdíwǎ
科特迪瓦
[科特迪瓦]
- Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in West Africa
Awǎtíxiàn
阿瓦提县
[阿瓦提縣]
- Avat nahiyisi (Awat county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區/阿克苏地区 ( Akèsūdìqū), west Xinjiang
Bócíwǎnà
博茨瓦纳
[博茨瓦納]
- Botswana
Sà'ěrwǎduō
萨尔瓦多
[薩爾瓦多]
- El Salvador
Lúwǎ'ěr Hé
卢瓦尔河
[盧瓦爾河]
- Loire River, France
Wǎhǎn Zǒuláng
瓦罕走廊
[瓦罕走廊]
- Wakhan Corridor, panhandle in the northeast of Afghanistan sharing a border with China at its eastern end
Shǐwǎxīngé
史瓦辛格
[史瓦辛格]
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), Austrian-born American bodybuilder, actor and politician
Luótuōlǔwǎ
罗托鲁瓦
[羅托魯瓦]
- Rotorua, city in New Zealand
dákèwǎzī
达克瓦兹
[達克瓦茲]
- (loanword) dacquoise (a French dessert)
Tǎwǎsīkē
塔瓦斯科
[塔瓦斯科]
- Tabasco (south Mexican state)
Kǎsànuòwǎ
卡萨诺瓦
[卡薩諾瓦]
- Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer known for womanizing
sānwǎliǎngshè
三瓦两舍
[三瓦兩舍]
- places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc)
Kē'ěrduōwǎ
科尔多瓦
[科爾多瓦]
- Córdoba, Spain
Awǎlǔ'ā
阿瓦鲁阿
[阿瓦魯阿]
- Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands
Pàwǎluódì
帕瓦罗蒂
[帕瓦羅蒂]
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007), Italian operatic tenor
Fándéwǎlì
凡得瓦力
[凡得瓦力]
- (molecular physics) van der Waals force
duànwǎcányuán
断瓦残垣
[斷瓦殘垣]
- the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated
tiānzhuānjiāwǎ
添砖加瓦
[添磚加瓦]
- lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
- fig. to do one's bit to help
tǔbēngwǎjiě
土崩瓦解
[土崩瓦解]
- to collapse
- to fall apart
Wǎliánggérén
瓦良格人
[瓦良格人]
- Varangian (medieval term for Viking)
Sīwǎxīlǐ
斯瓦希里
[斯瓦希里]
- Swahili
Wǎjiādùgǔ
瓦加杜古
[瓦加杜古]
- Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso
Awǎlǐdé
阿瓦里德
[阿瓦里德]
- Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
Shǐwǎdìní
史瓦帝尼
[史瓦帝尼]
- (Tw) Eswatini
Yīluòwǎdǐ
依洛瓦底
[依洛瓦底]
- Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwady River, the main river of Myanmar
Wǎfángdiànshì
瓦房店市
[瓦房店市]
- Wangfangdian, county-level city in Dalian 大連/大连 ( Dàlián), Liaoning
pòwǎhányáo
破瓦寒窑
[破瓦寒窯]
- lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house
- poor and shabby dwelling
bīngxiāowǎjiě
冰消瓦解
[冰消瓦解]
- to melt like ice and break like tiles
- to disintegrate
- to dissolve
Shǐwǎjìlán
史瓦济兰
[史瓦濟蘭]
- Swaziland (Tw)
Bócíwǎnà
博茨瓦那
[博茨瓦那]
- Botswana
Pà'ěrwǎdì
帕尔瓦蒂
[帕爾瓦蒂]
- Parvati (Hindu deity, the consort of Shiva)
Cíxīnwǎlì
茨欣瓦利
[茨欣瓦利]
- Tskhinvali, capital of South Osetia
Aì'àowǎzhōu
艾奥瓦州
[艾奧瓦州]
- Iowa, US state
Qiè Géwǎlā
切格瓦拉
[切格瓦拉]
- Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967), Cuban Revolution leader
Wǎ'ěrdákè
瓦尔达克
[瓦爾達克]
- Wardak (Afghan province)
qīngtángwǎshè
青堂瓦舍
[青堂瓦舍]
- brick house with a tiled roof
Mó'ěrduōwǎ
摩尔多瓦
[摩爾多瓦]
- Moldova
- Republic of Moldova, former Soviet republic on the border with Romania
Qínsītuōhuòwǎ
琴斯托霍瓦
[琴斯托霍瓦]
- Częstochowa (city in Poland)
Aěrwǎsètè
阿尔瓦塞特
[阿爾瓦塞特]
- Albacete, Spain
Kǎwǎgébó Fēng
卡瓦格博峰
[卡瓦格博峰]
- Mt Kawakarpo (6740 m) in Yunnan, the highest peak of Meili Snow Mountains 梅里雪山 ( Méilǐ Xuěshān)
Wǎhèjī'ěr Hé
瓦赫基尔河
[瓦赫基爾河]
- Vakhsh river (upper reaches of Amu Darya)
Fàndé Wǎ'ěrsī
范德瓦耳斯
[范德瓦耳斯]
- van der Waals
- Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837-1923), Dutch physicist
Wǎ'ěrdákè Shěng
瓦尔达克省
[瓦爾達克省]
- Wardak (Afghan province)
Délākèluówǎ
德拉克罗瓦
[德拉克羅瓦]
- Delacroix (painter)
Jiāluówǎlǐlùn
伽罗瓦理论
[伽羅瓦理論]
- Galois theory (math.)
wǎhābǐjiàopài
瓦哈比教派
[瓦哈比教派]
- Wahhabism (a conservative sect of Islam)
Nǔwǎkèxiāotè
努瓦克肖特
[努瓦克肖特]
- Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania
Aòsīwǎ'ěrdé
奥斯瓦尔德
[奧斯瓦爾德]
- Oswald
Sīwǎxīlǐyǔ
斯瓦希里语
[斯瓦希里語]
- Swahili (language)
- Kiswahili
Sīfú'ěrwǎ'ěr
斯福尔瓦尔
[斯福爾瓦爾]
- Svolvær (city in Nordland, Norway)
Shèngsà'ěrwǎduō
圣萨尔瓦多
[聖薩爾瓦多]
- San Salvador, capital of El Salvador
Bùhénwǎ'ěrdé
布痕瓦尔德
[布痕瓦爾德]
- Buchenwald
Fúluócíwǎfū
弗罗茨瓦夫
[弗羅茨瓦夫]
- Wroclaw, Polish city
Nánjiā Bāwǎ Fēng
南迦巴瓦峰
[南迦巴瓦峰]
- Namcha Barwa (7,782 m), Himalayan mountain
Sīwǎtègǔdì
斯瓦特谷地
[斯瓦特谷地]
- Swat valley in Pakistani Northwest Frontier
Dānnísuǒwǎrén
丹尼索瓦人
[丹尼索瓦人]
- Denisovan, an extinct species of human
Mó'ěrduōwǎrén
摩尔多瓦人
[摩爾多瓦人]
- Moldovan (person)
Yīluòwǎdǐ Jiāng
伊洛瓦底江
[伊洛瓦底江]
- Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwaddy River, the main river of Myanmar (Burma)
Nàwǎtè'ěryǔ
纳瓦特尔语
[納瓦特爾語]
- Nahuatl (language)
Bùlātísīlāwǎ
布拉提斯拉瓦
[布拉提斯拉瓦]
- Bratislava, capital of Slovakia (Tw)
Fàndé Wǎ'ěrsīlì
范德瓦耳斯力
[范德瓦耳斯力]
- (molecular physics) van der Waals force
Sāiwǎsītuōbō'ěr
塞瓦斯托波尔
[塞瓦斯托波爾]
- Sevastopol
Wǎxīlǐyēwéiqí
瓦西里耶维奇
[瓦西里耶維奇]
- Vasilievich (name)
Lǐwǎjīyà Tiáoyuē
里瓦几亚条约
[里瓦幾亞條約]
- Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
Bólādìsīlāwǎ
伯拉第斯拉瓦
[伯拉第斯拉瓦]
- Bratislava, capital of Slovakia
Anuò· Shīwǎxīngé
阿诺·施瓦辛格
[阿諾·施瓦辛格]
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
- also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格/阿诺德·施瓦辛格 ( Anuòdé· Shīwǎxīngé)
fēngzhōngzhú,wǎshàngshuāng
风中烛,瓦上霜
[風中燭,瓦上霜]
- lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)
- fig. (of sb's life) feeble
- hanging on a thread
Yīluòwǎdǐ Sānjiǎozhōu
伊洛瓦底三角洲
[伊洛瓦底三角洲]
- Irrawaddy Delta in south Myanmar (Burma)
Wǎlìsīhé Fùtúnà
瓦利斯和富图纳
[瓦利斯和富圖納]
- Wallis and Futuna (French island collectivity in the South Pacific)
Pǔ'ěrrèwǎ'ěrsījī
普尔热瓦尔斯基
[普爾熱瓦爾斯基]
- Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870
- abbr. to 普氏
Kētèdíwǎ Gònghéguó
科特迪瓦共和国
[科特迪瓦共和國]
- Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Anuòdé· Shīwǎxīngé
阿诺德·施瓦辛格
[阿諾德·施瓦辛格]
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
Fúlǎngsuǒwǎ· Huòlándé
弗朗索瓦·霍兰德
[弗朗索瓦·霍蘭德]
- François Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, president of France 2012-2017
- also written 奧朗德/奥朗德 ( Aòlǎngdé)
huángzhōnghuǐqìwǎfǔléimíng
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
[黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴]
- lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
- good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
Sīwǎ'ěrbāhé Yángmǎyán
斯瓦尔巴和扬马延
[斯瓦爾巴和揚馬延]
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Kù'ěrtè· Wǎ'ěrdéhǎimǔ
库尔特·瓦尔德海姆
[庫爾特·瓦爾德海姆]
- Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, secretary-general of UN 1972-1981, president of Austria 1986-1992
sāntiānbùdǎ,shàngfángjiēwǎ
三天不打,上房揭瓦
[三天不打,上房揭瓦]
- three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- spare the rod, spoil the child
nìngwéiyùsuì,bùwéiwǎquán
宁为玉碎,不为瓦全
[寧為玉碎,不為瓦全]
- Better broken jade than intact tile.
- Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
Mòlì Dáwǎ Dáwò'ěrzú Zìzhìqí
莫力达瓦达斡尔族自治旗
[莫力達瓦達斡爾族自治旗]
- Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾/呼伦贝尔 ( Hūlúnbèi'ěr), Inner Mongolia
gèrénzìsǎoménqiánxuě,mòguǎntājiāwǎshàngshuāng
各人自扫门前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜
[各人自掃門前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜]
- sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
Lùyìsī· Yīnàxī'ào· Lúlā· Dáxí'ěrwǎ
路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦
[路易斯·伊納西奧·盧拉·達席爾瓦]
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the thirty-fifth president of Brazil
- Lula