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Meaning of 茄

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Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 8; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (plant) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • [ jiā ] to add to, to increase, to augment
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1
Pinyin: qié
English Definition:eggplant
Chinese Definition:
①(茄子)一年生草本植物,花紫色。果实一般为紫色,也有白色或绿色的,可食,如“拌茄泥”。
②(番茄)一年生草本植物,花黄色。果实圆形,熟时红、黄色。亦称“西红柿”,可食。

Example Words:
番茄 fān qié tomato
茄子 qié zi eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash; phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed); equivalent of "say cheese"
颠茄 diān qié deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
蕃茄 fān qié variant of 番茄
茄科 qié Solanaceae (the potato and eggplant family)
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2
Pinyin: jiā
English Definition:phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although is more common
Example Words:
雪茄 xuě jiā cigar (loanword)
茄克 jiā variant of 夹克
茄克衫 jiā shān jacket
雪茄烟 xuě jiā yān cigar
欧米茄表公司 ōu jiā biǎo gōng Omega SA, Swiss luxury watchmaker
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Example Sentences
1
Sausage links, fried egg, toast, baked beans, and tea.
2
Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
3
Just under half of the known nightshade species cannot self-fertilize.
4
Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes.
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And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.