茄子

Chinese

		eggplant	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (茄子)		茄	子

切開一半的茄子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiézi

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ke^4-2 zi²
Gan (Wiktionary): qia² zi
Jin (Wiktionary): qie¹ zeh
Wu (Wiktionary): ga tsr (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): jie² zr / jia² zr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiézi
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chye.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ke^4-2 zi²
  - Yale: ké jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ke^4-2 dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ké² ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː²¹⁻³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: qia² zi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰia²⁴ t͡sz̩²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: qie¹ zeh
  - IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰie¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ga tsr (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /g̊a̱²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jie² zr / jia² zr
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕie̞¹³ t͡sz̩³/, /t͡ɕia̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

茄子

eggplant; aubergine

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 茄子 (“eggplant; aubergine”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		茄子
Taxonomic name		茄
Mandarin	Beijing	茄子
	Taiwan	茄子
	Harbin	茄子
	Shenyang	茄子
	Jinan	茄子
	Muping	茄子
	Luoyang	茄子
	Jiedian	茄子
	Xi'an	茄子
	Zhengzhou	茄子
	Xining	茄子
	Xuzhou	茄子
	Yinchuan	茄子
	Lanzhou	茄子
	Ürümqi	茄子
	Wuhan	茄子
	Chengdu	茄子
	Guiyang	茄子
	Liuzhou	茄子
	Kunming	茄子
	Yangzhou	茄子
	Nanjing	茄子
	Hefei	茄子
	Nantong	茄兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	矮瓜、茄瓜
	Hong Kong	矮瓜、茄瓜
	Shunde	矮瓜
	Foshan	矮瓜
	Zhongshan	矮瓜
	Dongguan	茄、矮瓜
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	矮瓜
	Taishan	茄
	Doumen	矮瓜
	Kaiping	茄、矮瓜
	Shaoguan	矮瓜
	Yunfu	矮瓜
	Yangjiang	茄子
	Xinyi	矮瓜
	Lianjiang	矮瓜、茄子
	Nanning	茄瓜
	Kuala Lumpur	矮瓜
Gan	Nanchang	茄子
	Lichuan	茄仔
	Pingxiang	紫瓜
Hakka	Meixian	吊菜仔、吊菜、茄仔
	Luchuan	矮瓜
	Changting	茄
	Wuping	茄子
	Ninghua	茄
	Yudu	茄子、吊菜子、吊菜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	吊菜仔、茄仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	吊菜仔、茄仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	茄仔、吊菜仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	吊菜、茄
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	茄
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	茄
	Hong Kong	矮瓜
	Sabah	矮瓜
	Senai	矮瓜
	Singkawang	吊菜
Huizhou	Shexian	落蘇
	Tunxi	落蘇
	Jixi	茄
Jin	Taiyuan	茄子
Jin	Xinzhou	茄子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	茄
Min Dong	Fuzhou	紫菜
	Fuqing	紫匏
	Matsu	茄
Min Nan	Xiamen	茄
	Quanzhou	茄、紅菜
	Zhangzhou	茄仔
	Taipei	茄
	Kaohsiung	茄仔、紅菜
	Tainan	茄仔、紅菜
	Taichung	茄
	Wuqi	紅皮菜
	Hsinchu	茄
	Taitung	茄仔
	Lukang	紅茄
	Yilan	茄
	Magong	茄仔
	Pingnan	茄子
	Chaozhou	茄
	Haifeng	臘蘇
	Johor Bahru	茄
	Haikou	茄
Puxian Min	Putian	茄
Puxian Min	Xianyou	茄
Pinghua	Nanning	茄瓜
Wu	Shanghai	茄子、落蘇
	Suzhou	茄子
	Hangzhou	茄兒
	Wenzhou	茄兒、落茄
	Chongming	茄子、茄落蘇
	Danyang	茄子
	Jinhua	落蘇
	Ningbo	茄、茄子
Xiang	Changsha	茄子
	Shuangfeng	茄子
	Loudi	茄子
	Quanzhou	茄子

Interjection

茄子

(chiefly Mandarin, when taking a photograph) cheese!

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茄	子
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 1
Irregular

Etymology

なすび from なつ(の)み "summer fruit"

Noun

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

eggplant

Derived terms

唐 (とう)茄 (な)子 (す) (tōnasu): pumpkin, squash; term of abuse for a person

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