Chinese Word: 荠 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

荠 (Trad.: 薺)Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:齐 indicates the sound; 艹 (plant) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 齐 [ qí ] even, uniform, of equal length

Similar Characters: 芓

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Pinyin: jì

English Definition:see 荠菜

Chinese Definition:
①(荠菜)一年生或多年生草本植物，叶狭长，羽状分裂，花白色，茎叶嫩时可食，全草可入药。

Example Words:

shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

Pinyin: qí

English Definition:water chestnut

Chinese Definition:
①见“荸荠”(bíqi)。

Example Words:

Chinese water chestnut; Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta

1		yòu shì 又是 sān yuè 三月 chūn fēng 春风 nuǎn 暖， jì mài 荠麦 qīng qīng 青青 dàng 荡 xīn fēi 心扉。 March Spring is warm, water chestnut green Mai Dang heart.
2		shí 时 rào 绕 mài tián 麦田 qiú 求 yě 野 jì 荠， qiáng wèi 强为 sēng shě 僧舍 zhǔ 煮 gēng 羹。 When wheat and wild around hirsute, strong as shag boiled soup.
3		dú 读 sū dōng pō 苏东坡 shī jù 诗句 “ shí 时 rào 绕 mài tián 麦田 qiú 求 yě 野 jì 荠， qiáng wèi 强为 sēng shě 僧舍 zhǔ 煮 shān 山 gēng 羹。 ” Su reading a poem "the wild around the water chestnut wheat demand, strong as a mountain soup cooking shag."
4		táng lí 棠梨 yè 叶 luò 落 yān zhī 胭脂 sè 色， jì mài 荠麦 huā kāi 花开 bái xuě 白雪 xiāng 香 “ ， ràng 让 wǒ men 我们 tǐ wèi 体味 bān 斑 lán 澜。 " rouge color, flowers snow Mosla Michael Shannon, " Let us savor .
5		jì 荠 jì 荠 chū chūn 初春， wǒ 我 píng 凭 chuāng 窗 yuǎn tiào 远眺， chūn yǔ 春雨 fēi fēi 菲菲， lín lí 淋漓 zhī 之 chù 处 xiǎn 显 shēng jī àng rán 生机盎然。 Water chestnut water chestnut early spring, I look at the crystal overlook, spring Fifi, dripping between were full of vitality.

1		yòu shì 又是 sān yuè 三月 chūn fēng 春风 nuǎn 暖， jì mài 荠麦 qīng qīng 青青 dàng 荡 xīn fēi 心扉。 March Spring is warm, water chestnut green Mai Dang heart.
2		shí 时 rào 绕 mài tián 麦田 qiú 求 yě 野 jì 荠， qiáng wèi 强为 sēng shě 僧舍 zhǔ 煮 gēng 羹。 When wheat and wild around hirsute, strong as shag boiled soup.
3		dú 读 sū dōng pō 苏东坡 shī jù 诗句 “ shí 时 rào 绕 mài tián 麦田 qiú 求 yě 野 jì 荠， qiáng wèi 强为 sēng shě 僧舍 zhǔ 煮 shān 山 gēng 羹。 ” Su reading a poem "the wild around the water chestnut wheat demand, strong as a mountain soup cooking shag."
4		táng lí 棠梨 yè 叶 luò 落 yān zhī 胭脂 sè 色， jì mài 荠麦 huā kāi 花开 bái xuě 白雪 xiāng 香 “ ， ràng 让 wǒ men 我们 tǐ wèi 体味 bān 斑 lán 澜。 " rouge color, flowers snow Mosla Michael Shannon, " Let us savor .
5		jì 荠 jì 荠 chū chūn 初春， wǒ 我 píng 凭 chuāng 窗 yuǎn tiào 远眺， chūn yǔ 春雨 fēi fēi 菲菲， lín lí 淋漓 zhī 之 chù 处 xiǎn 显 shēng jī àng rán 生机盎然。 Water chestnut water chestnut early spring, I look at the crystal overlook, spring Fifi, dripping between were full of vitality.