Chinese symbol for “parsley”
欧芹
ōu qín
Traditional: 歐芹
parsley (Petroselinum sativum)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for parsley is 欧芹 (ōu qín), defined as: parsley (Petroselinum sativum).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “parsley”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洋芫荽 | yáng yán sui | parsley |
| 洋香菜 | yáng xiāng cài | parsley |
| 荷兰芹 (荷蘭芹) | hé lán qín | parsley |
| 西芹 | xī qín | celery; parsley |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 欧芹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欧元 (歐元) | ōu yuán | euro (currency) |
| 脱欧 (脫歐) | tuō Ōu | to withdraw from the European Union; abbr. for 脫離歐盟|脱离欧盟 |
| 欧巴 (歐巴) | ōu bā | (female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa"); male friend |
| 欧姆 (歐姆) | ōu mǔ | (loanword) ohm |
| 欧派 (歐派) | ōu pài | (ACG) breasts (loanword from Japanese "oppai") |
| 欧尼 (歐尼) | ōu ní | (female usage) older sister (loanword from Korean "eonni") |
| 芹菜 | qín cài | celery (Apium graveolens) |
| 西芹 | xī qín | celery; parsley |
See also: Japanese symbol for “parsley”.
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.