qié zi

HSK 6

茄子 (qié zi) is a Chinese word meaning “eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal”.

Meanings

  1. 1eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
  2. 2aubergine
  3. 3brinjal
  4. 4Guinea squash
  5. 5phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed)
  6. 6equivalent of "say cheese"
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 茄子

茄jiā · phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夾|夹[jia2] is more common子zǐ · son

Related words

孩子child儿子son房子house妻子wife and children妻子wife案子long table; counter样子appearance小子(literary) youngster小子(coll.) boy子son子noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"日子day

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