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茄

qié

Character

What 茄 means

1. eggplant

Other readings

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

• jiāphonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although {夹|jiá} is more common

Example sentences

• 我爱茄子。
  I love aubergine.
• 我喜欢茄子。
  Wǒ xǐhuan qiézi.
  I like eggplant.
• 汤姆点了雪茄。
  Tāngmǔ diǎn le xuějiā.
  Tom lit his cigar.
• 你喜欢抽雪茄吗？
  Nǐ xǐhuan chōu xuějiā ma?
  Do you like cigarettes?
• 梅格买一罐番茄。
  Meg bought a can of tomatoes.
• 不是血，是番茄酱。
  Bù shì xuè, shì fānqiéjiàng.
  It's not blood - it's ketchup.

Words starting with 茄

• 茄子qié zieggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal
• 茄科qié kēSolanaceae (the potato and eggplant family)
• 茄克衫jiā kè shānjacket
• 茄红素qié hóng sùLycopene
• 茄子河区Qié zi hé QūQiezihe, a district of Qitaihe City 七台河市
• 茄二十八星瓢虫qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng28-spotted ladybird; hadda beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
• 茄克jiā kèvariant of 夹克
• 茄子河Qié zi hésee 茄子河区

Words containing 茄

• 番茄fān qiétomato
• 雪茄xuě jiā(loanword) cigar
• 番茄酱fān qié jiàngketchup; tomato sauce
• 颠茄diān qiédeadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
• 小番茄xiǎo fān qiécherry tomato
• 树番茄shù fān qiétamarillo
• 烧茄子shāo qié zistewed eggplant
• 玫瑰茄méi gui qiéroselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
• 番茄汁fān qié zhītomato juice
• 野颠茄yě diān qiédeadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
• 雪茄烟xuě jiā yāncigar
• 雪茄头xuě jiā tóucigarette lighter plug (inserted in a car's cigarette lighter socket to draw power)
• 番茄红素fān qié hóng sùLycopene
• 铁板茄子tiě bǎn qié zieggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate
• 欧米茄表公司Ōu mǐ jiā Biǎo Gōng sīOmega SA, Swiss luxury watchmaker
• 樱桃番茄yīng táo fān qiécherry tomato
• 白苋紫茄bái xiàn zǐ qiéwhite amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
• 蕃茄fān qiévariant of 番茄

Characters that look like 茄

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

• 品pǐn(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type…
• 层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 庙miàotemple; ancestral shrine; temple fair
• 茹rúto eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell
• 荔lìlitchi

Sounds the same

Read qié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 伽used to transliterate Sanskrit "gha"
• 癿(used in place names)