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  1. 1. roof tile

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Words Containing 瓦

瓦解
wǎ jiě

to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble

砖瓦
zhuān wǎ

tiles and bricks

三天不打,上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ

three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)

三瓦两舍
sān wǎ liǎng shè

places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc)

丹尼索瓦人
dān ní suǒ wǎ rén

Denisovan, an extinct species of human

伊洛瓦底
yī luò wǎ dǐ

Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwaddy River, the main river of Myanmar (Burma)

伊洛瓦底三角洲
yī luò wǎ dǐ sān jiǎo zhōu

Irrawaddy Delta in south Myanmar (Burma)

伊洛瓦底江
yī luò wǎ dǐ jiāng

Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwaddy River, the main river of Myanmar (Burma)

伯拉第斯拉瓦
bó lā dì sī lā wǎ

Bratislava, capital of Slovakia

伽罗瓦
jiā luó wǎ

Évariste Galois (1811-1832), French mathematician

伽罗瓦理论
jiā luó wǎ lǐ lùn

Galois theory (math.)

依洛瓦底
yī luò wǎ dǐ

Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwady River, the main river of Myanmar

催泪瓦斯
cuī lèi wǎ sī

tear gas

兆瓦
zhào wǎ

megawatt

兆瓦时
zhào wǎ shí

megawatt-hour

兆瓦特
zhào wǎ tè

megawatt

冰消瓦解
bīng xiāo wǎ jiě

to melt like ice and break like tiles

凡得瓦力
fán dé wǎ lì

(molecular physics) van der Waals force

分瓦
fēn wǎ

deciwatt

切格瓦拉
qiè gé wǎ lā

Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967), Cuban Revolution leader

努瓦克肖特
nǔ wǎ kè xiāo tè

Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania

千瓦
qiān wǎ

kilowatt (unit of electric power)

千瓦时
qiān wǎ shí

kilowatt-hour

南迦巴瓦峰
nán jiā bā wǎ fēng

Namcha Barwa (7,782 m), Himalayan mountain

博茨瓦纳
bó cí wǎ nà

Botswana

博茨瓦那
bó cí wǎ nà

Botswana

卡瓦格博峰
kǎ wǎ gé bó fēng

Mt Kawakarpo (6740 m) in Yunnan, the highest peak of Meili Snow Mountains 梅里雪山[méi lǐ xuě shān]

卡萨诺瓦
kǎ sà nuò wǎ

Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer known for womanizing

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

sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

哈瓦那
hā wǎ nà

Havana, capital of Cuba

图瓦
tú wǎ

Tuva, a republic in south-central Siberia, Russia

图瓦卢
tú wǎ lú

Tuvalu

土崩瓦解
tǔ bēng wǎ jiě

to collapse

塔拉瓦
tǎ lā wǎ

Tarawa, capital of Kiribati

塔瓦斯科
tǎ wǎ sī kē

Tabasco (south Mexican state)

塞瓦斯托波尔
sāi wǎ sī tuō bō ěr
奇瓦瓦
qí wǎ wǎ

Chihuahua, Mexico

奥斯瓦尔德
ào sī wǎ ěr dé

Oswald

安瓦尔
ān wǎ ěr

Anwar (name)

宁为玉碎,不为瓦全
nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán

Better broken jade than intact tile.

屋面瓦
wū miàn wǎ

room tiles

巴特瓦族
bā tè wǎ zú

see 特瓦族[tè wǎ zú]

布痕瓦尔德
bù hén wǎ ěr dé

Buchenwald

帕尔瓦蒂
pà ěr wǎ dì

Parvati (Hindu deity, the consort of Shiva)

帕瓦罗蒂
pà wǎ luó dì

Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007), Italian operatic tenor

库尔特·瓦尔德海姆
kù ěr tè · wǎ ěr dé hǎi mǔ

Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, secretary-general of UN 1972-1981, president of Austria 1986-1992

弗朗索瓦·霍兰德
fú lǎng suǒ wǎ · huò lán dé

François Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, president of France 2012-2017

弗罗茨瓦夫
fú luó cí wǎ fū

Wroclaw, Polish city

德拉克罗瓦
dé lā kè luó wǎ

Delacroix (painter)

拉瓦尔
lā wǎ ěr

Laval (name)

拉瓦锡
lā wǎ xī

Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry

斯瓦希里
sī wǎ xī lǐ

Swahili

斯瓦希里语
sī wǎ xī lǐ yǔ

Swahili (language)

斯瓦尔巴和扬马延
sī wǎ ěr bā hé yáng mǎ yán

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

斯瓦特
sī wǎ tè

Swat province in Pakistani Northwest Frontier

斯瓦特谷地
sī wǎ tè gǔ dì

Swat valley in Pakistani Northwest Frontier

斯福尔瓦尔
sī fú ěr wǎ ěr

Svolvær (city in Nordland, Norway)

断瓦残垣
duàn wǎ cán yuán

the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated

施瓦布
shī wǎ bù

Schwab (name)

日内瓦
rì nèi wǎ

Geneva, Switzerland

普尔热瓦尔斯基
pǔ ěr rè wǎ ěr sī jī

Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870

木瓦
mù wǎ

shingle

杜瓦利埃
dù wǎ lì āi

Duvalier (name)

毒瓦斯
dú wǎ sī

poisonous gas

毫瓦
háo wǎ

milliwatt

沙瓦
shā wǎ

a sour (type of cocktail) (loanword)

沙瓦玛
shā wǎ mǎ

shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)

法特瓦
fǎ tè wǎ

fatwa (loanword)

泥瓦匠
ní wǎ jiàng

bricklayer

涅瓦
niè wǎ

the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)

涅瓦河
niè wǎ hé

Nyeva or Neva River (through St Petersburg)

添砖加瓦
tiān zhuān jiā wǎ

lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)

特瓦族
tè wǎ zú

Twa or Batwa, an ethnic group in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo

琉璃瓦
liú lí wǎ

glazed roof tile

琴斯托霍瓦
qín sī tuō huò wǎ

Częstochowa (city in Poland)

瓦亮
wǎ liàng

shiny

瓦利
wǎ lì

Váli (son of Odin)

瓦利斯和富图纳
wǎ lì sī hé fù tú nà

Wallis and Futuna (French island collectivity in the South Pacific)

瓦剌
wǎ là

Oirat Mongols (alliance of tribes of Western Mongolia) (Ming Dynasty term)

瓦加杜古
wǎ jiā dù gǔ

Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso

瓦努阿图
wǎ nǔ ā tú

Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean

瓦匠
wǎ jiang

bricklayer

瓦哈比教派
wǎ hā bǐ jiào pài

Wahhabism (a conservative sect of Islam)

瓦器
wǎ qì

pottery

瓦城
wǎ chéng

another name for Mandalay 曼德勒, Myanmar's second city

瓦工
wǎ gōng

tiling

瓦德瑟
wǎ dé sè

Vadsø (city in Finnmark, Norway)

瓦德西
wǎ dé xī

Waldersee (name)

瓦房
wǎ fáng

tile-roofed house

瓦房店
wǎ fáng diàn

Wangfangdian, county-level city in Dalian 大連|大连[dà lián], Liaoning

瓦房店市
wǎ fáng diàn shì

Wangfangdian, county-level city in Dalian 大連|大连[dà lián], Liaoning

瓦斯
wǎ sī

gas (loanword)

瓦杜兹
wǎ dù zī

Vaduz, capital of Liechtenstein

瓦楞
wǎ léng

rows of tiles

瓦尔基里
wǎ ěr jī lǐ

valkyrie

瓦尔德
wǎ ěr dé

Vardø (city in Finnmark, Norway)

瓦尔特
wǎ ěr tè

Walter

瓦尔纳
wǎ ěr nà

Varna (city in Bulgaria)

瓦尔达克
wǎ ěr dá kè

Wardak (Afghan province)

瓦尔达克省
wǎ ěr dá kè shěng

Wardak (Afghan province)

瓦片
wǎ piàn

tile

瓦特
wǎ tè

watt (loanword)

瓦当
wǎ dāng

eaves-tile

瓦砚
wǎ yàn

ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile

瓦砾
wǎ lì

rubble

瓦砾堆
wǎ lì duī

pile of rubble

瓦罕走廊
wǎ hǎn zǒu láng

Wakhan Corridor, panhandle in the northeast of Afghanistan sharing a border with China at its eastern end

瓦良格
wǎ liáng gé

Varyag, former Soviet aircraft carrier purchased by China and renamed 遼寧號|辽宁号[liáo níng hào]

瓦良格人
wǎ liáng gé rén

Varangian (medieval term for Viking)

瓦莱塔
wǎ lái tǎ

Valletta, capital of Malta

瓦萨比
wǎ sà bǐ

wasabi (loanword)

瓦蓝
wǎ lán

(usu. of the sky) azure; bright blue

瓦西里
wǎ xī lǐ

Vasily (name)

瓦西里耶维奇
wǎ xī lǐ yē wéi qí

Vasilievich (name)

瓦解冰泮
wǎ jiě bīng pàn

complete disintegration

瓦赫基尔河
wǎ hè jī ěr hé

Vakhsh river (upper reaches of Amu Darya)

瓦里斯
wǎ lǐ sī

Wallis (name)

瓦隆
wǎ lōng

Walloon, inhabitant of Southern French-speaking area of Belgium

白沙瓦
bái shā wǎ

Peshawar, city in north Pakistan

卢瓦尔河
lú wǎ ěr hé

Loire River, France

石板瓦
shí bǎn wǎ

slate tile

石棉瓦
shí mián wǎ

asbestos roofing sheet (corrugated)

破瓦寒窑
pò wǎ hán yáo

poor and shabby dwelling

砚瓦
yàn wǎ

ink slab

碧瓦
bì wǎ

green

科尔多瓦
kē ěr duō wǎ

Córdoba, Spain

科特迪瓦
kē tè dí wǎ

Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in West Africa

科特迪瓦共和国
kē tè dí wǎ gòng hé guó

Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

纳瓦特尔语
nà wǎ tè ěr yǔ

Nahuatl (language)

纳瓦萨
nà wǎ sà

Navassa

纳瓦霍
nà wǎ huò

Navajo

纽瓦克
niǔ wǎ kè

Newark (place name)

罗托鲁瓦
luó tuō lǔ wǎ

Rotorua, city in New Zealand

罗贾瓦
luó jiǎ wǎ

Rojava (de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria)

圣萨尔瓦多
shèng sà ěr wǎ duō

San Salvador, capital of El Salvador

艾奥瓦
ài ào wǎ

Iowa, US state

艾奥瓦州
ài ào wǎ zhōu

Iowa, US state

范德瓦耳斯
fàn dé wǎ ěr sī

van der Waals

范德瓦耳斯力
fàn dé wǎ ěr sī lì

(molecular physics) van der Waals force

茨欣瓦利
cí xīn wǎ lì

Tskhinvali, capital of South Osetia

莫力达瓦达斡尔族自治旗
mò lì dá wǎ dá wò ěr zú zì zhì qí

Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

盖瓦
gài wǎ

tiling (of roofs, floors, walls etc)

萨尔瓦多
sà ěr wǎ duō

El Salvador

萨瓦河
sà wǎ hé

Sava River, flowing through Southeast Europe

苏瓦
sū wǎ

Suva, capital of Fiji

路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦
lù yì sī · yī nà xī ào · lú lā · dá xí ěr wǎ

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the thirty-fifth president of Brazil

里瓦几亚条约
lǐ wǎ jī yà tiáo yuē

Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)

里瓦尔多
lǐ wǎ ěr duō

Rivaldo

锡瓦
xī wǎ

Siwa, Egypt

阿拉瓦
ā lā wǎ

Araba or Álava

阿尔瓦塞特
ā ěr wǎ sè tè

Albacete, Spain

阿瓦提
ā wǎ tí

Avat nahiyisi (Awat county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], west Xinjiang

阿瓦提县
ā wǎ tí xiàn

Avat nahiyisi (Awat county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], west Xinjiang

阿瓦里德
ā wǎ lǐ dé

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia

阿瓦鲁阿
ā wǎ lǔ ā

Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands

阿诺·施瓦辛格
ā nuò · shī wǎ xīn gé

also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格[ā nuò dé · shī wǎ xīn gé]

青堂瓦舍
qīng táng wǎ shè

brick house with a tiled roof

青瓦台
qīng wǎ tái

Blue House (Cheong Wa Dae), residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul

韦尔瓦
wéi ěr wǎ

Huelva, Spain

韦瓦第
wéi wǎ dì

Vivaldi (name)

风中烛,瓦上霜
fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng

lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)

黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng

lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells