棉花

• 병음: mián huā
• 한자 분석: 棉 = 木 (plant/wood radical) + 帛 (silk, cloth) — plant yielding textile fibre; 花 = 艹 (grass) + 化 (transform) — flower, blossom

뜻

목화(면화); 면섬유(솜)

Refers both to the raw cotton plant and the processed fluffy fibre. Deeply embedded in Chinese agricultural and textile history — China has been one of the world's largest cotton producers for centuries. In contemporary usage, 棉花 appears in discussions of agriculture, trade, and textile manufacturing. The phrase 棉花糖 (cotton candy/marshmallow) extends the word into food contexts.

예문

1. 新疆是中国最重要的棉花产区，其长绒棉品质优良，在国际纺织市场上享有较高声誉。
2. 工业革命时期，棉花贸易不仅推动了欧洲纺织业的快速扩张，也深刻改变了全球的劳动力格局与殖民地经济结构。
3. 母亲每年入冬前都会将旧棉被送去重新弹棉花，她说这样的棉被盖起来才够暖和、够蓬松。

사용 가이드

맥락: agriculture, textiles, trade, history, daily life

어조: neutral

올바른 표현

• 这家纺织企业长期与新疆优质棉花产区建立了稳定的原料供应合作，确保其高端床品系列所用原料的一致性与品质保障。(This textile company has long established stable raw-material supply partnerships with high-quality cotton-growing regions in Xinjiang, ensuring consistency and quality assurance for the raw materials used in its premium bedding series.)
• 棉花的种植对水资源消耗极大，在水资源日益紧张的当下，农业研究者正在积极探索更节水的棉花培育新品种。(Cotton cultivation is extremely water-intensive; in an era of increasingly scarce water resources, agricultural researchers are actively exploring new cotton varieties with lower water consumption.)

피해야 할 표현

• 将'棉花'与'棉'混用于正式语境 — 在专业农业、贸易或纺织文献中，'棉'更简洁正式，'棉花'则更口语化，需根据文体选择 (Do not use 棉花 and 棉 interchangeably in all formal contexts — in professional agricultural, trade, or textile documents, 棉 is more concise and formal, while 棉花 is more colloquial; choose according to register)

기원과 역사

棉 = 木 (wood/plant radical) + 帛 (silk/cloth) — a plant producing cloth-like material; 花 = 艹 (grass radical) + 化 (transform) — flower, blossom. Together: the flowering plant that produces a cloth-like fibre.

문화적 배경

시대: Traditional

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal