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Meaning of 芹

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Pinyin: qín
English Definition: Chinese celery
Chinese Definition:
①(芹献)对人谦称所赠东西不好。亦称“献芹”。
②(芹意)谦辞,微薄的情意。
③(芹藻)古代喻贡士或有才学之士。
④菜名,一年或二年生草本植物,茎可食。亦称“水芹”。还有一种“草芹”,有特殊香味,俗称“药芹”。
Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (plant) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • [ jīn ] a catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd
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Example Words
芹菜 qín cài celery (Apium graveolens)
西芹 qín celery; parsley
曹雪芹 cáo xuě qín Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 红楼梦
皱叶欧芹 zhòu ōu qín curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
胶氨芹 jiāo ān qín ammoniacum or gum ammoniac (Dorema ammoniacum), resin has medical uses
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Example Sentences
1
Add salt, pepper, and chopped parsley.
2
Add in diced tomatoes and dry parsley. Flavoured with a little salt.
3
Tornado is made of steel wool, cotton, ground parsley and moss.
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If supplements aren' t your thing, try a little parsley.
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Give thyme or parsley wreath, I ask no bays;