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茄子

茄子

Chinese

eggplant
 
child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad.
(茄子)
切開一半的茄子

Noun

茄子

  1. eggplant; aubergine

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 茄子 (“eggplant; aubergine”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 茄子
Taxonomic name
Mandarin Beijing 茄子
Taiwan 茄子
Jinan 茄子
Xi'an 茄子
Wuhan 茄子
Chengdu 茄子
Yangzhou 茄子
Hefei 茄子
Cantonese Guangzhou 矮瓜茄瓜
Hong Kong 矮瓜茄瓜
Taishan
Yangjiang 茄子
Gan Nanchang 茄子
Hakka Meixian 吊菜、茄仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 吊菜仔、茄仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 吊菜仔、茄仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 吊菜仔、茄仔
Dongshi (Dabu) 吊菜、
Zhuolan (Raoping)
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
Jin Taiyuan 茄子
Min Bei Jian'ou
Min Dong Fuzhou 紫菜
Min Nan Xiamen
Taipei
Kaohsiung 紅菜
Tainan 紅菜
Chaozhou
Wu Shanghai 茄子、落蘇
Suzhou 茄子
Wenzhou 茄兒、落茄
Xiang Changsha 茄子
Shuangfeng 茄子

Interjection

茄子

  1. (chiefly Mandarin, when taking a photograph) cheese!

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1

Etymology

なすび from なつ(の)み "summer fruit"

Noun

茄子 (hiragana なす, romaji nasu, alternative reading なすび, romaji nasubi)

  1. eggplant

Derived terms