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jiā

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jiā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiā | jia1
English translation
eggplant

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About jiā

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

jiā

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of jiā

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹加

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Jiā

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and Jiā represents the sound.

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Example sentences using jiā

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ǎi 老公 lǎo gōng Huán zài de 雪茄 xuě jiā ,他的 zhè jiǔ , cǎi 睬她.

Her dwarfish spouse still smoked his cigar and drank his rum without heeding her.

桌布 zhuō bù shǎng yǒu 一点 yī diǎn 番茄酱 fān qié jiàng de bān .

There's a spot of ketchup on the tablecloth.

shài gān de 番茄 fān qié 使 shǐ zhè dào cài 味道 wèidao 特别 tèbié 浓郁 nóng yù .

The sun - dried tomatoes give the dish a wonderfully rich flavor.

zǒu jìn de 房间 fángjiān shí , Wén dào 雪茄烟 xuě jiā yān de 气味 qìwèi .

I caught a whiff of cigar smoke when I entered his room.

以前 yǐqián xiǎng ,一面 yī miàn nào qióng ,一面 yī miàn yòu chōu 雪茄 xuě jiā shì 失礼 shī lǐ de .

I had thought it impolitic to smoke a cigar while pleading poverty.

Words with jiā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
番茄 fān qié tomato番茄 fān qié
雪茄 xuě jiā cigar (loanword)雪茄 xuě jiā
茄子 qié zi aubergine茄子 qié zi
jiā phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although jiā is more common jiā
番茄酱 fān qié jiàng ketchup番茄醬
蕃茄 fān qié tomato蕃茄 fān qié
茄克 jiā kè jacket (loanword)茄克 jiā kè
雪茄烟 xuě jiā yān cigar雪茄煙
茄克衫 jiā kè shān jacket茄克衫 jiā kè shān
颠茄 diān qié deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)顛茄
茄子河区 Qié zi hé qū Qiezihe district of Qitaihe city 七台河 Qī tái hé [Qī​tái​hé], Heilongjiang茄子河區

jiā Decomposition & Compounds

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