茄 (ke2 ke1 gaa1 | qie2 jia1) : tomato; eggplant; excrement

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茄

ke2 ke1 gaa1

qie2 jia1

[粵] ke2 | [國] qie2
tomato; eggplant; aubergine

[粵] ke1 - Cantonese only
[1] excrement; shit
[2] used in loanwords, e.g. cashmere, carefree

[粵] gaa1 | [國] jia1
[1] lotus stem
[2] used in loanwords, e.g. cigar, jacket

Jyutping ke2 was originally the colloquial version of ke4, but the former has now completely replaced the latter even in literary reading.

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

茄

This word has been viewed 10640 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Oct 2013 15:54

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番茄 faan1 ke4*2 fan1 qie2 = tomato

茄汁 ke4*2 zap1 = ketchup; catsup 粵

茄子 ke4*2 zi2 qie2 zi5 = eggplant 國

蕃茄 faan1 ke4*2 fan1 qie2 = tomato

茄湯 ke4*2 tong1 = tomato soup 粵

茄瓜 ke4 gwaa1 qie2 gua1 = eggplant 粵

怪茄 gwaai3 ke2 = weirdo 粵

雪茄 syut3 gaa1 = cigar

茄喱啡 ke1 le1 fe1 = an extra; an unimportant person 粵

潺茄 saan4 ke4*2 = okra; gumbo; lady's finger
See all 31 compounds (CantoDict reports 30 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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