Henna is a reddish-brown dye made from the dried leaves of a small tree. People mix the powder with water or lemon into a paste, then put it on hair or on skin.

Henna指甲花 is a reddish-brown dye是一種紅棕色染料 made from the dried leaves of a small tree由一種小樹曬乾的葉子做成。People mix the powder with water or lemon into a paste人們會把粉末加水或檸檬汁調成糊, then put it on hair or on skin再抹在頭髮或皮膚上。

On hair it can leave a warm red-brown colour. On skin it dries and leaves a stain that lasts days or weeks — often flowers and patterns on hands for a wedding.

On hair抹在頭髮上, it can leave a warm red-brown colour會留下溫暖的紅棕色。On skin抹在皮膚上, it dries and leaves a stain that lasts days or weeks它乾了以後會留下一個能維持好幾天甚至幾週的印子 — often flowers and patterns on hands for a wedding常常是婚禮時畫在手上的花朵和圖案。

That body art is famous in South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. English speakers often call it a henna tattoo, though actually it is a stain, not ink under the skin, and it fades.

That body art這種身體彩繪 is famous in South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa在南亞、中東和北非很有名。English speakers often call it a henna tattoo英語使用者常把它叫做henna tattoo, though actually it is a stain, not ink under the skin不過其實它只是一種染色，不是皮膚底下的墨水, and it fades而且會褪掉。

The colour of real henna is that rusty red-brown. Black henna sold for skin art is not always the same plant, and it can burn the skin.

The colour of real henna真正指甲花的顏色 is that rusty red-brown就是那種鏽紅棕色。Black henna sold for skin art賣來畫身體彩繪的黑色henna is not always the same plant不一定是同一種植物, and it can burn the skin而且可能會讓皮膚灼傷。

The English word is a borrowing of the Arabic name of the tree.

The English word英文這個字 is a borrowing of the Arabic name of the tree是借自這種樹的阿拉伯文名字。