| 格子棉布 |
gé zi mián bù |
gingham |
| 格 |
gé |
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively |
| 格子 |
gé zi |
lattice / check (pattern of squares) |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
(noun suffix) |
| 棉 |
mián |
generic term for cotton or kapok / cotton / padded or quilted with cotton |
| 棉布 |
mián bù |
cotton cloth |
| 布 |
bù |
variant of 布 / to announce / to spread |
| 布 |
bù |
cloth / to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known |