Chinese symbol for “eggplant”
茄子
qié zi
eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash
The closest CC-CEDICT match for eggplant is 茄子 (qié zi), defined as: eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash; phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed); equivalent of "say cheese".
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “eggplant”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 茄子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 番茄 | fān qié | tomato |
| 雪茄 | xuě jiā | (loanword) cigar |
| 番茄酱 (番茄醬) | fān qié jiàng | ketchup; tomato sauce |
| 蕃茄 | fān qié | variant of 番茄 (fān qié) |
| 颠茄 (顛茄) | diān qié | deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “eggplant”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.