wǎ
roof tile
abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4], watt (loan)
wǎ jiě
to collapse
to disintegrate
to crumble
Kē tè dí wǎ
Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in West Africa
qiān wǎ
kilowatt (unit of electric power)
Mó ěr duō wǎ
Moldova
Republic of Moldova, former Soviet republic on the border with Romania
Wǎ fáng diàn
Wangfangdian county level city in Dalian 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning
Shī wǎ xīn gé
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
Wǎ nǔ ā tú
Vanuatu in south pacific (formerly New Hebrides)
wǎ gōng
tiling
bricklaying
plastering
tǔ bēng wǎ jiě
to collapse
to fall apart
Wǎ fáng diàn shì
Wangfangdian county level city in Dalian 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning
Qīng wǎ tái
Blue House (Cheong wa dae 청와대), residence of President of South Korea in Seoul
Wǎ ěr dé
Vardø (city in Finnmark, Norway)
Wǎ lōng
Walloon, inhabitant of Southern French-speaking area of Belgium
Ā wǎ tí
Avat nahiyisi (Awat county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
shí mián wǎ
asbestos roofing sheet (corrugated)
Wǎ chéng
another name for Mandalay 曼德勒, Myanmar's second city
Niè wǎ
the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)
Sī wǎ xī lǐ yǔ
Swahili (language)
Kiswahili
nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán
Better broken jade than intact tile.
Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
Nán jiā Bā wǎ fēng
Namcha Barwa (Himalayan mountain)
Ā nuò · Shī wǎ xīn gé
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California since 2003
also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格
Ā nuò dé · Shī wǎ xīn gé
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California since 2003
Bái shā wǎ
Peshawar, city in north Pakistan
Wǎ hǎn zǒu láng
Wakhan Corridor, joining Afghanistan and China (Xinjiang), and dividing Tajikistan from Pakistan
Ā wǎ tí xiàn
Avat nahiyisi (Awat county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
Shǐ wǎ xīn gé
Arnold Schwarzenegger
also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格[A1 nuo4 de2 · Shi1 wa3 xin1 ge2]
Wéi wǎ dì
Vivaldi (name)
Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741), Italian composer
Sī wǎ tè
Swat province in Pakistani Northwest Frontier
Wǎ lái tǎ
Valletta, capital of Malta
Yī luò wǎ dǐ jiāng
Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwaddy River, the main river of Myanmar (Burma)
Lā wǎ xī
Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry
Shèng Sà ěr wǎ duō
San Salvador, capital of El Salvador
gài wǎ
tiling (of roofs, floors, walls etc)
Tǎ lā wǎ
Tarawa, capital of Kiribati
Niè wǎ hé
the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)
Ān wǎ ěr
Anwar (name)
Anwar bin Ibrahim (1947-), Malaysian politician, deputy prime minister 1993-1998, imprisoned 1999-2004 on charges including alleged homosexual acts, subsequently overturned
Wǎ lǐ sī
Wallis (name)
John Wallis (1616-1703), English mathematician, precursor of Newton
Fàn dé Wǎ ěr sī
van der Waals
Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837-1923), Dutch physicist
Wǎ jiā dù gǔ
Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso
Nǔ wǎ kè xiào tè
Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania
Wǎ dù zī
Vaduz, capital of Liechtenstein
Kǎ wǎ gé bó fēng
Mt Kawakarpo (6740 m) in Yunnan, the highest peak of Meri snow mountains 梅里雪山[Mei2 li3 xue3 shan1]
Yī luò wǎ dǐ
Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwaddy River, the main river of Myanmar (Burma)
bīng xiāo wǎ jiě
to melt like ice and break like tiles
to disintegrate
to dissolve
Wǎ dé xī
Waldersee (name)
Alfred Graf Von Waldersee (1832-1904), commander-in-chief of the Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1]
Jiā luó wà
Évariste Galois (1811-1832), famous French mathematical prodigy and unsuccessful duelist
dú wǎ sī
poisonous gas
stinking fart
Kē tè dí wǎ gòng hé guó
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
Cí xīn wǎ lì
Tskhinvali, capital of South Osetia
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
wǎ yàn
ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile
duàn wǎ cán yuán
the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated
pà wǎ dì
Parvati (the consort of Shiva)
Lù yì sī · Yī nà xī ào · Lú lā · Dá xí ěr wǎ
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the thirty-fifth President of Brazil
Lula
Qín sī tuō huò wǎ
Częstochowa (city in Poland)
Pǔ ěr rè wǎ ěr sī jī
Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870
abbr. to 普氏
pà ěr wǎ dì
Parvati (the consort of Shiva)
wǎ hā bǐ jiào pài
Wahhabism (a conservative sect of Islam)
Fàn dé Wǎ ěr sī lì
van der Waals force (valency)
Yī luò wǎ dǐ
Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwaddy River, the main river of Myanmar (Burma)
also written 伊洛瓦底
Tǎ wǎ sī kē
Tabasco (south Mexican state)
Ā wǎ lǔ ā
Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands
Ā wǎ lǐ dé
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
pò wǎ hán yáo
lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house
poor and shabby dwelling
Yī luò wǎ dǐ sān jiǎo zhōu
Irrawaddy delta in south Myanmar (Burma)
Lǐ wǎ jī yà tiáo yuē
draft unequal treaty of Livadia (Crimea) of 1879 between Russia and Qing China, subsequently renegotiated
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)
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
Tè wǎ zú
Twa or Batwa, an ethnic group in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Bó lā dì sī lā wǎ
Bratislava, capital of Slovakia
Wǎ dé sè
Vadsø (city in Finnmark, Norway)
shā wǎ mǎ
shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)
Sī wǎ tè gǔ dì
Swat valley in Pakistani Northwest Frontier
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
Wǎ hè jī ěr hé
Vakhsh river (upper reaches of Amu Darya)
Sī fú ěr wǎ ěr
Svolvær (city in Nordland, Norway)
Wǎ lǐ sī
Wallis (name)
John Wallis (1616-1703), English mathematician, precursor of Newton
Wǎ dū zī
Vaduz, capital of Liechtenstein (Tw)
Wǎ hè jī ěr Hé
Vakhsh river (upper reaches of Amu Darya)
Wǎ liáng gé
Varyag, former Soviet aircraft carrier purchased by China, renamed 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]
Kē tè dí wǎ Gòng hé guó
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
Luó tuō lǔ wǎ
Rotorua, city in New Zealand
Sà wǎ Hé
Sava River, flowing through Southeast Europe
fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng
lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)
fig. (of sb's life) feeble
hanging on a thread
Qīng wǎ tái
Blue House (Cheong Wa Dae 청와대), residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul
qīng táng wǎ shè
brick house with a tiled roof
Ā nuò dé · Shī wǎ xīn gé
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
Ā nuò · Shī wǎ xīn gé
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格[A1 nuo4 de2 · Shi1 wa3 xin1 ge2]
Ā wǎ lǐ dé
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
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)
Wǎ lè tā
Valletta, capital of Malta (Tw)
Wǎ là
Oirat Mongols (alliance of tribes of Western Mongolia) (Ming Dynasty term)
nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán
Better broken jade than intact tile.
Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
Tǔ wǎ lǔ
Tuvalu, island country in the SW Pacific (Tw)
Kǎ sà nuò wǎ
Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer known for womanizing
Nǔ wǎ kè xiāo tè
Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania
Yī luò wǎ dǐ Jiāng
Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwaddy River, the main river of Myanmar (Burma)
sān wǎ liǎng shè
places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc)
Bù lā tí sī lā wǎ
Bratislava, capital of Slovakia (Tw)
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
Wǎ lì sī hé Fù tú nà
Wallis and Futuna (French island collectivity in the South Pacific)
tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
fig. to do one's bit to help
Niè wǎ Hé
Nyeva or Neva River (through St Petersburg)
Sī wǎ xī lǐ yǔ
Swahili (language)
Kiswahili
Fú lǎng suǒ wǎ · Huò lán dé
François Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, President from 2012
also written 奧朗德|奥朗德[Ao4 lang3 de2]
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)
spare the rod, spoil the child