| 棉 | [ mián ] generic term for cotton or kapok, cotton, padded or quilted with cotton |
| 棉布 | [ mián bù ] cotton cloth |
| 棉條 | [ mián ] tampon, sliver (textiles) |
| 棉棒 | [ mián bàng ] cotton swab, cotton bud |
| 棉毛 | [ mián maó ] knitted cotton |
| 棉球 | [ mián qiú ] cotton ball, swab, tampon |
| 棉田 | [ mián tián ] cotton field |
| 棉簽 | [ mián qiān ] variant of 棉籤|棉签[mian2 qian1], cotton swab |
| 棉籤 | [ mián qiān ] cotton swab |
| 棉紗 | [ mián shā ] cotton yarn |
| 棉絮 | [ mián xù ] cotton wadding |
| 棉線 | [ mián xiàn ] cotton thread, yarn cotton |
| 棉花 | [ mián hua ] cotton |
| 棉花拳擊 | [ mián huā quán jī ] Mianhua Quanji - "Cotton Boxing" (Chinese Martial Art) |
| 棉花棒 | [ mián huā bàng ] cotton swab, cotton bud |
| 棉花糖 | [ mián huā táng ] cotton candy, candyfloss, marshmallow |
| 棉藥籤 | [ mián yaò qiān ] medical swab |
| 棉蘭 | [ mián lán ] Medan (city in Indonesia) |
| 棉蘭老島 | [ mián lán laǒ daǒ ] Mindanao (island in the Philippines) |
| 棉衣 | [ mián yī ] cotton-padded clothes, CL:件[jian4] |
| 棉被 | [ mián beì ] comforter, quilt, CL:條|条[tiao2],面[mian4] |
| 棉褲 | [ mián kù ] quilted cotton trousers, cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter) |
| 棉襖 | [ mián aǒ ] cotton-padded jacket |
| 棉豆 | [ mián doù ] lima bean, aka butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus) |
| 棉鈴 | [ mián líng ] cotton boll (fruit) |
| 棉鳧 | [ mián fú ] (bird species of China) cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) |
| ⇒ 採棉機 | [ caǐ mián jī ] cotton picker |
| ⇒ 月經棉栓 | [ yuè jīng mián shuān ] tampon |
| ⇒ 木棉 | [ mù mián ] cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) |
| ⇒ 木棉科 | [ mù mián kē ] Bombacaceae (botany) |
| ⇒ 格子棉布 | [ gé zi mián bù ] gingham |
| ⇒ 滌棉 | [ dí mián ] polyester-cotton blend |
| ⇒ 白棉紙 | [ baí mián zhǐ ] stencil tissue paper |
| ⇒ 石棉 | [ shí mián ] Shimian County in Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1], Sichuan |
| ⇒ 石棉 | [ shí mián ] asbestos |
| ⇒ 石棉瓦 | [ shí mián wǎ ] asbestos roofing sheet (corrugated) |
| ⇒ 石棉縣 | [ shí mián xiàn ] Shimian county in Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1], Sichuan |
| ⇒ 紅色高棉 | [ hóng sè gaō mián ] Khmer Rouge, Cambodian political party |
| ⇒ 純棉 | [ chún mián ] pure cotton, 100% cotton |
| ⇒ 絮棉 | [ xù mián ] cotton wadding |
| ⇒ 脫脂棉 | [ tuō zhī mián ] absorbent cotton |
| ⇒ 藥棉 | [ yaò mián ] sterilized cotton (used for medical swabs) |
| ⇒ 衛生棉 | [ weì shēng mián ] sterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds), sanitary napkin, tampon |
| ⇒ 衛生棉條 | [ weì shēng mián ] tampon |
| ⇒ 軋棉 | [ yà mián ] to gin cotton (separate seeds from fiber) |
| ⇒ 高棉 | [ gaō mián ] Cambodia, Kampuchea, Khmer |
