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Meaning of 芥

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芥Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 7; Radical: 艸
Pictophonetic:介 indicates the sound; 艹 (plant) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • 介 [ jiè ] agent, go-between, intermediary; to introduce; shell, armor
Similar Characters: 苶 芩
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1
Pinyin: gài
English Definition:see 芥蓝
Chinese Definition:
①(芥菜)一年生草本植物,芥菜的变种,叶大,表面多皱纹,叶脉显著,可食。亦作“盖菜”。
Example Words:
芥蓝 gài lán Chinese broccoli; Chinese kale; cabbage mustard; Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra; also pr. [jie4 lan2]
芥兰 gài lán variant of 芥蓝
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2
Pinyin: jiè
English Definition:mustard
Chinese Definition:
①(芥菜)一年或二年生草本植物,种子黄色,味辛辣,磨成粉末,称“芥末”,作调味品。按用途分为叶用芥菜(如“雪里蕻”);茎用芥菜(如“榨菜”);根用芥菜(如“大头菜”)。
②小草,喻轻微纤细的事物:草芥。纤芥。芥舟。

Example Words:
芥蒂 jiè dì an obstruction; barrier; ill-feeling; grudge
芥菜 jiè cài leaf mustard (Brassica juncea); also pr. [gai4 cai4]
芥末 jiè mo mustard; wasabi
芥子气 jiè zǐ qì mustard gas
心存芥蒂 xīn cún jiè dì to nurse a grievance (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
据麦基斯称
,
水田芥是另一种消除口臭的好方法
。
Watercress is another great way to battle bad breath, according to McKeith.
2
一个简单的转换就是使用芥花籽油或大豆油来煎炸食物
。
One easy switch is to use canola or soybean oil for frying some foods.
3
日本东京大学的藤原彻和他的同事增强了拟南芥
BOR
1
基因的活性
。
BOR
1
基因控制着硼的吸收
。
Toru Fujiwara of the University of Tokyo, Japan and colleagues increased the activity of the plant's BOR1 gene, which controls the uptake of boron.
4
拟南芥植物的基因数量比人类稍多
,
而水稻的基因数量则是人类的一倍
。
Arabidopsis thaliana has a few more than us, and rice doubles the number.
5
我们是希望看到氮芥毒气在一战时期作为大规模化学武器横行肆虐呢
?
Do we want to see the murderous face of nitrogen mustard gases which were used in World War 1 during the first large-scale waging of chemical warfare?