茄子

eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) / aubergine / brinjal / Guinea squash / phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed) / equivalent of "say cheese"

phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夾|夹[jia2] is more common

eggplant

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

stewed eggplant

Qiezihe district of Qitaihe city 七台河[Qi1 tai2 he2], Heilongjiang

eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate