瓦 (wǎ): roof tile, abbr. for 瓦特
瓦 (wǎ) is a Chinese character meaning “roof tile.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 瓦 (tile). It ranks #1191 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 瓦 an interlocking roof tile. Its radical form 瓦 (tile) appears in many related characters such as 瓶 (píng, bottle), 瓷 (cí, chinaware).
Definitions
- roof tile
- abbr. for 瓦特
Etymology & Origin
pictographicAn interlocking roof tile
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓦斯noun | wǎ sī | gas (loanword) |
| 萨尔瓦多 | sà ěr wǎ duō | El Salvador |
| 哈瓦那proper-noun | hā wǎ nà | Havana, capital of Cuba |
| 日内瓦proper-noun | rì nèi wǎ | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 瓦解verb | wǎ jiě | to collapse |
| 卡萨诺瓦 | kǎ sà nuò wǎ | Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer known for womanizing |
| 苏瓦proper-noun | sū wǎ | Suva, capital of Fiji |
| 青瓦台proper-noun | qīng wǎ tái | the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948–2022), now a... |
| 瓦加杜古proper-noun | wǎ jiā dù gǔ | Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso |
| 瓦特proper-noun | wǎ tè | (loanword) watt |
| 纽瓦克proper-noun | niǔ wǎ kè | Newark (place name) |
| 瓦片noun | wǎ piàn | tile |
| 施瓦辛格proper-noun | shī wǎ xīn gé | Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947–), Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor and politician, governor of California (2003–2011) |
| 瓦尔基里 | wǎ ěr jī lǐ | valkyrie |
| 土崩瓦解phrase | tǔ bēng wǎ jiě | to collapse |
瓦 appears in 100 compound words: 36 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 31 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 瓦 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (18)
lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house; poor and shabby dwelling
lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house; poor and shabby dwelling
Showing 12 of 18 idioms containing 瓦.
Example Sentences
老师教我们瓦字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men wǎ zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "瓦."
据称中美将在日内瓦进行核军控会谈?中方回应
jù chèn zhōng měi jiāng zài rì nèi wǎ jìn háng hé jūn kòng huì tán ? zhōng fāng huí yīng
It is said that China and the United States will hold nuclear arms control talks in Geneva? China responded
艾司摩尔突破EUV光源瓶颈 功率提升至千瓦 拚2030产能增50%
ài sī mó ěr tū pò E U V guāng yuán píng jǐng gōng lǜ tí shēng zhì qiān wǎ 拚 2 0 3 0 chǎn néng zēng 5 0
Esmore breaks through the bottleneck of EUV light sources, increases power to kilowatts, and strives to increase production capacity by 50% by 2030
阿曼证实美伊2/26日内瓦再谈 传德黑兰愿就核计画让步
ā 曼 zhèng shí měi yī 2 2 6 rì nèi wǎ zài tán chuán dé hēi lán yuàn jiù hé jì huà ràng bù
Oman confirmed that the United States and Iran will talk again in Geneva on 2/26 and it is rumored that Tehran is willing to make concessions on the nuclear program
...外交大臣:美伊下一轮谈判将于26日在日内瓦举行
. . . wài jiāo dà chén : měi yī xià yī lún tán pàn jiāng yú 2 6 rì zài rì nèi wǎ jǔ háng
... Foreign Minister: The next round of negotiations between the United States and Iran will be held in Geneva on the 26th
机车擦撞南横瓦筏哈桥护栏 骑士摔落送医仍不治
jī chē cā zhuàng nán héng wǎ 筏 hā qiáo hù lán qí shì shuāi luò sòng yī réng bù zhì
The locomotive collided with the guardrail of the Ha Bridge on the South Hengwa Raft, and the rider fell and was sent to the hospital and still died
你想去瓦伦西亚还是巴塞罗那？
Nǐ xiǎng qù wǎ lún Xī Yà háishi Bāsàiluónà?
Do you want to go to Valencia or Barcelona?
这场爆炸有可能是瓦斯外泄引起的。
Zhè chǎng bàozhà yǒu kěnéng shì wǎsī wàixiè yǐnqǐ de.
The explosion may have been caused by a gas leak.
艾德蒙多认为瓦利德是书呆子。
ài dé mēng duō rènwéi Wǎlì dé shì shūdāizi.
Edmundo thought of Walid as a nerd.
你每个月的瓦斯费多少钱？
Nǐ měi gè yuè de wǎsī fèi duōshao qián?
How much is your monthly gas bill?
Character Family
瓦 Radical Family — Characters sharing the tile radical
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