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芥

jiè

Character

What 芥 means

1. mustard

Other readings

芥 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gàisee {芥蓝|gài lán}

Example sentences

• 不要加太多芥末。
  Easy on the mustard.
• 吃午饭的时候，一坨芥末酱滴下来弄脏了我的领带。
  Chī wǔfàn de shíhou, yī tuó jièmo jiàng dīxià lái nòngzāng le wǒ de lǐngdài.
  A drop of mustard fell and stained my tie during lunch.
• 在学校我喜欢阅读日本文学的英文翻译，特别是夏目漱石的我是一只猫和心，和芥川龙之介的鼻子和河童。
  Zài xuéxiào wǒ xǐhuan yuèdú Rìběn wénxué de Yīngwén fānyì, tèbié shì Xiàmù Shùshí de wǒ shì yī zhī māo hé xīn, hé gài chuān lóng zhī jiè de bízi hé Hétóng.
  At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.

Words starting with 芥

• 芥末jiè momustard; wasabi
• 芥菜jiè càileaf mustard (Brassica juncea); also pr. gài cài
• 芥蒂jiè dìan obstruction; barrier; ill-feeling
• 芥蓝gài lánChinese broccoli; Chinese kale; cabbage mustard
• 芥子气jiè zǐ qìmustard gas
• 芥花油jiè huā yóurapeseed oil; canola oil
• 芥菜籽jiè cài zǐmustard seed
• 芥兰gài lánvariant of 芥蓝
• 芥茉jiè movariant of 芥末

Words containing 芥

• 荆芥jīng jièschizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
• 氮芥气dàn jiè qìnitrogen mustard
• 水田芥shuǐ tián jièwatercress
• 青芥辣qīng jiè làhorseradish; wasabi; green mustard
• 视如土芥shì rú tǔ jièto regard as useless; to view as no better than weeds
• 筷子芥kuài zi jièArabis, a genus of Brassica family including cress
• 拾芥shí jièto pick up cress; fig. sth easy to do; a piece of cake
• 草芥人命cǎo jiè rén mìngsee 草菅人命

Characters built on 介

These share the phonetic component 介 (jiè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 界jiè(bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
• 阶jiērank or step; stairs
• 疥jièscabies
• 蚧jièsee 蛤蚧
• 骱xièjoint of bones

Characters that look like 芥

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 其qíhis; her; its
• 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish; to discard
• 芬fēnperfume; fragrance
• 茅máoreeds; rushes
• 岑cénsmall hill
• 苓língfungus; tuber

Sounds the same

Read jiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 介to introduce; to lie between; between
• 界(bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
• 借to borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of
• 届to arrive at (place or time); period; to become due
• 戒to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn
• 诫commandment; to prohibit
• 藉(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• 解to transport under guard
• 价(literary) messenger; servant
• 疥scabies
• 玠jade tablet indicating rank
• 唶sigh; groan; loud laughter