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  • 1

    n.algondon; cotton (plant)

    • nǐ men zài xiǎo mài fāng miàn yíng lì zài mián huā fāng miàn què kuī sǔn

      你们小麦方面赢利棉花方面亏损

      You gained in wheat but lost in cotton.

    • qù nián de mián huā shōu cheng hěn bù hǎo

      去年棉花收成不好

      Last year's cotton crop was an unmitigated disaster.

    • tā men yī zhí zài yòng xiǎo mài jiāo huàn mián huā hé mù cái

      他们一直小麦交换棉花木材

      They have been bartering wheat for cotton and timber.

  • 2

    n.cotton wadding

Word usage

  • "棉花" is often matched with measure word "团"or"株"or"亩".
    • 棉花

      one ball of cotton

    • 棉花

      one strain of cotton

    • 棉花

      one mu of cotton