芥 (gaai3 | gai4 jie4) : mustard plant; tiny

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芥

gaai3

gai4 jie4

[1] [n] mustard plant [2] tiny

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

芥

This word has been viewed 6505 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Jan 2013 06:01

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芥蘭 gaai3 laan4*2 gai4 lan2 = Chinese kale; Chinese broccoli

水田芥 seoi2 tin4 gaai3 shui3 tian2 gai4 = watercress 國

芥菜 gaai3 coi3 jie4 cai4 = leaf mustard

芥茉 gaai3 mut6 = mustard

芥末 gaai3 mut6 jie4 mo5 = mustard

芥蘭花 gaai3 laan4 faa1 = broccoli

芥辣 gaai3 laat6 jie4 la4 = mustard (sauce); yellow mustard 粵

芥花油 gaai3 faa1 jau4 jie4 hua1 you2 = canola oil

芥蘭牛肉 gaai3 laan4*2 ngau4 juk6 jie4 lan2 niu2 rou4 = beef with broccoli

蒜蓉芥蘭 syun3 jung4 gaai3 laan4*2 suan4 rong2 gai4 lan2 = stir-fried Chinese broccoli with minced garlic
See all 16 compounds (CantoDict reports 15 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 芥
Unicode code for this character: U+82a5 (off-site link)

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