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茄

qié

Pinyin

Definition

茄

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qié

eggplant

茄

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jiā

phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夹 is more common

Character Decomposition

Related Words (11)

番茄

fān qié

1 tomato

茄子

qié zi

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

番茄红素

fān qié hóng sù

1 Lycopene

番茄酱

fān qié jiàng

1 ketchup
2 tomato sauce

蕃茄

fān qié

1 variant: 番茄 fān qié

Idioms (1)

白苋紫茄

bái xiàn zǐ qié

1 white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle

Sample Sentences

请递给我番茄酱。

qǐng dì gěi wǒ fānqiéjiàng 。

Please pass me the ketchup.

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请把番茄酱递给我。

qǐng bǎ fānqiéjiàng dì gěi wǒ 。

Please pass me the ketchup.

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哦，一语道破天机啊，我说怎么照片里大家看着都特别精神，一脸的春风得意，我却像霜打的茄子一样垂头丧气，原来是体态的问题。

ò ，yīyǔdàopò tiānjī ā ，wǒ shuō zěnme zhàopiàn lǐ dàjiā kàn zhe dōu tèbié jīngshén ，yī liǎn de chūnfēngdéyì ，wǒ què xiàng shuāngdǎ de qiézi yīyàng chuítóusàngqì ，yuánlái shì tǐtài de wèntí 。

Oh, you hit the nail on the head. How does everyone in the photos look so vivacious and so pleased with themselves, whereas I look all withered with my head down and no energy. So it turns out its a posture issue.

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没事儿没事儿，您可以把A 4纸...横过来，努力吸气！您看，这不是藏起来啦，来笑一个，“茄子”！

méishìr méishìr ，nín kěyǐ bǎ ēisì zhǐ . . . héng guòlái ，nǔlì xīqì ！nín kàn ，zhè bùshì cáng qǐlái la ，lái xiào yī gè ，“qiézi ”！

It doesn't matter, you can put the A4 page... on its side, and make an effort to suck it in! See, isn't it hidden now? Now smile and say "cheese"!

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我爱“番茄”！

wǒ ài “fānqié ”！

I love TOMATOES!

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妈，买这种小番茄吧。

mā ，mǎi zhè zhǒng xiǎo fānqié ba 。

Mom, why don’t you buy these small tomatoes!