瓦

wǎ

wǎspelled as ua · 3rd tone — spelling rules

roof tile · abbr. for 瓦特 wǎ tè

Radical: 瓦 Strokes: 4 HSK 7-9

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Common

Same radical

瓶瓮甄瓷瓯甍甑甓瓴瓿甏

Same radical

瓶瓮甄瓷瓯甍甑甓瓴瓿甏

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Meanings

roof tile

abbr. for 瓦特 wǎ tè

wǎ

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Words with 瓦 249 total

shingle木瓦mù wǎ (literary) to have a baby girl; to celebrate the birth of a daughter弄瓦nòng wǎ kilowatt千瓦qiān wǎ ink slab砚瓦yàn wǎ megawatt兆瓦zhào wǎ deciwatt分瓦fēn wǎ decawatt十瓦shí wǎ Tuva, a republic in south-central Siberia, Russia图瓦Tú wǎ milliwatt毫瓦háo wǎ a sour (type of cocktail) (loanword)沙瓦shā wǎ the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)涅瓦Niè wǎ shiny · very bright瓦亮wǎ liàng Váli (son of Odin)瓦利Wǎ lì Oirat Mongols (alliance of tribes of Western Mongolia) (Ming Dynasty term)瓦剌Wǎ là bricklayer · tiler瓦匠wǎ jiang pottery瓦器wǎ qì another name for Mandalay 曼德勒, Myanmar's second city瓦城Wǎ chéng tiling · bricklaying · plastering瓦工wǎ gōng tile-roofed house瓦房wǎ fáng gas (loanword)瓦斯wǎ sī rows of tiles on a roof · corrugated瓦楞wǎ léng tile · CL: kuài瓦片wǎ piàn (loanword) watt瓦特wǎ tè eaves-tile瓦当wǎ dāng

Idioms with 瓦 56 total Chain

to melt like ice and break like tiles · to disintegrate · to dissolve冰消瓦解bīng xiāo wǎ jiě sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng

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