茄子

Chinese

		eggplant	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (茄子)		茄	子
simp. #(茄子)		茄	子

切開一半的茄子／切开一半的茄子

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 茄子

1. eggplant; aubergine (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 m c; 個／个 m c; 隻／只 m c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 茄子 (“eggplant; aubergine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		茄子
Taxonomic name		茄
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	茄子
	Taiwan	茄子
	Langfang	茄子
	Chengde	茄子
	Chifeng	茄子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	茄子
	Heihe	茄子
	Qiqihar	茄子
	Harbin	茄子
	Jiamusi	茄子
	Baicheng	茄子
	Changchun	茄子
	Tonghua	茄子
	Shenyang	茄子
	Jinzhou	茄子
	Singapore	茄子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	茄子
	Tangshan	茄子
	Cangzhou	茄子
	Baoding	茄子
	Shijiazhuang	茄子
	Lijin	茄子
	Jinan	茄子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	茄子
	Dandong	茄子
	Yantai	茄子
	Yantai (Muping)	茄子
	Qingdao	茄子
	Zhucheng	茄子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	茄子
	Lingbao	茄子
	Jining	茄子
	Daming	茄子
	Wanrong	茄子
	Linfen	茄子
	Shangqiu	茄子
	Yuanyang	茄子
	Zhengzhou	茄子
	Xinyang	茄子
	Baihe	茄子
	Xi'an	茄子
	Baoji	茄子
	Yanchi	茄子
	Guyuan	茄子
	Longde	茄子
	Jingyuan	茄子
	Tianshui	茄子
	Xining	茄子, 茄兒
	Xuzhou	茄子
	Fuyang	茄子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	茄子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	茄子
	Wuzhong	茄子
	Zhongwei	茄子
	Lanzhou	茄子
	Dunhuang	茄子
	Hami	茄子
	Ürümqi	茄子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	茄子
	Nanchong	茄子
	Dazhou	茄子
	Hanyuan	茄子
	Xichang	茄子
	Zigong	茄子
	Chongqing	茄子
	Wuhan	茄子
	Yichang	茄子
	Xiangyang	茄子
	Tianmen	茄子
	Guiyang	茄子
	Zunyi	茄子
	Bijie	茄子
	Liping	茄瓜
	Zhaotong	茄子
	Dali	茄子
	Kunming	茄子
	Mengzi	茄子
	Guilin	茄子
	Liuzhou	茄子
	Jishou	茄子
	Changde	茄子
	Hanzhong	茄子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	茄子
	Yangzhou	茄子
	Lianyungang	茄子
	Lianshui	茄子
	Nantong	茄兒
	Anqing	茄子
	Wuhu	茄子
	Hefei	茄子
	Hong'an	茄子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	矮瓜, 茄瓜
	Hong Kong	矮瓜, 茄瓜, 茄子
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	矮瓜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	矮瓜
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	茄仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	茄仔
	Macau	矮瓜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	矮瓜
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	矮瓜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	矮瓜
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	茄
	Foshan	矮瓜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	矮瓜
	Foshan (Shunde)	矮瓜
	Foshan (Sanshui)	矮瓜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	矮瓜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	矮瓜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	矮瓜
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	矮瓜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	矮瓜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	矮瓜
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	矮瓜, 茄
	Taishan	茄
	Kaiping (Chikan)	茄, 矮瓜
	Enping (Niujiang)	矮瓜
	Heshan (Yayao)	矮瓜
	Dongguan	矮瓜, 茄
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	茄
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	茄仔
	Qingyuan	矮瓜
	Fogang	矮瓜, 茄仔
	Yingde (Hanguang)	矮瓜
	Yangshan	矮瓜
	Lianshan (Butian)	茄子
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	茄子
	Shaoguan	矮瓜
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	矮瓜
	Renhua	矮瓜, 茄子
	Lechang	矮瓜
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	矮瓜
	Sihui	矮瓜
	Guangning	矮瓜
	Deqing	矮瓜
	Huaiji	矮瓜
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	矮瓜
	Yunfu	矮瓜
	Xinxing	矮瓜
	Luoding	矮瓜
	Yunan (Pingtai)	矮瓜
	Yangjiang	茄子
	Xinyi	矮瓜
	Lianjiang	矮瓜, 茄子
	Nanning	茄瓜
	Wuzhou	矮瓜
	Yulin	茄子
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	矮瓜
	Beihai	矮瓜
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	矮瓜
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	茄
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	矮瓜
	Danzhou	茄
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	矮瓜
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	矮瓜
	Móng Cái	茄
Yangon (Taishan)	茄
Mandalay (Taishan)	茄, 盲眼茄
Gan	Nanchang	茄子
	Lichuan	茄仔
	Pingxiang	紫瓜
Hakka	Meixian	吊菜仔, 吊菜, 茄仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	茄, 矮瓜
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	茄
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	茄
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	茄仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	茄
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	茄哩
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	茄
	Boluo (Bendihua)	茄
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	茄仔, 矮瓜
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	茄
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	茄
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	茄
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	吊菜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	吊菜, 茄哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	茄哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	茄哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	茄咧, 茄
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	茄
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	茄哎
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	茄
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	茄蒂
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	茄
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	茄
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	吊菜
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	吊菜, 茄
	Liannan	茄子
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	吊菜
	Jiexi	茄
	Changting	茄
	Liancheng (Peitian)	茄
	Ninghua	茄
	Yudu	茄子, 吊菜子, 吊菜
	Ruijin	茄子
	Shicheng	茄子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	茄兒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	吊菜仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	吊菜
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	吊菜
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	吊菜
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	吊菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	茄仔, 吊菜仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	吊菜, 茄
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	茄
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	茄
	Hong Kong	矮瓜, 茄菜
	Luchuan	矮瓜
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	矮瓜
	Sabah (Longchuan)	矮瓜
	Senai (Huiyang)	矮瓜
	Singkawang	吊菜
Huizhou	Jixi	茄
	Shexian	落蘇, 茄兒, 茄
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	落蘇
	Xiuning	落蘇
	Yixian	茄
	Qimen	茄吶
	Wuyuan	落蘇
	Fuliang	落蘇
	Dexing	落蘇
	Shitai (Xianyu)	羅絲
Jin	Taiyuan	茄子
	Pingyao	茄子
	Yangyuan	茄子
	Datong	茄子
	Xinzhou	茄子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	茄子
	Changzhi	茄子
	Linhe	茄子
	Jining	茄子
	Hohhot	茄子
	Erenhot	茄子
	Pingshan	茄子
	Zhangjiakou	茄子
	Handan	茄子
	Linzhou	茄子
	Suide	茄子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	茄
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	茄
	Songxi	茄
	Zhenghe	茄
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	茄
	Jianyang	茄
	Wuyishan	茄
	Pucheng (Shibei)	茄仔, 茄
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	紫菜
	Fuzhou (Changle)	茄白菜
	Fuqing	紫匏
	Yongtai	紫菜
	Gutian	紫菜
	Fu'an	紫菜
	Ningde	紫菜
	Shouning	紫菜
	Zhouning	紫菜
	Fuding	茄囝
	Matsu	茄
Southern Min	Xiamen	茄
	Quanzhou	紅菜, 茄仔, 茄
	Jinjiang	紅菜
	Hui'an	紅菜
	Yongchun	茄
	Zhangzhou	茄仔, 茄
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	茄仔
	Dongshan	茄仔
	Taipei	茄
	Taipei (Wanhua)	茄
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	茄
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	茄仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	茄仔
	Kaohsiung	茄仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	茄仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	茄仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	茄仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	茄仔, 吊茄
	Yilan	茄
	Changhua (Lukang)	紅茄
	Taichung	茄, 紅皮菜
	Taichung (Wuqi)	紅皮菜
	Tainan	茄仔, 紅菜
	Tainan (Anping)	茄, 紅菜
	Taitung	茄仔
	Hsinchu	茄
	Kinmen	茄
	Penghu (Magong)	茄, 茄仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	茄
	Penang (Hokkien)	茄
	Singapore (Hokkien)	茄
	Manila (Hokkien)	紅菜
	Longyan	茄仔
	Zhangping	茄
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	茄
	Datian	茄
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	茄子
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	茄
	Guiping (Xiaowen)	茄, 茄仔
	Guiping (Dongsheng)	茄
	Chaozhou	茄
	Shantou	茄
	Shantou (Chenghai)	茄
	Jieyang	茄
	Puning	落蘇
	Lufeng	茄
	Haifeng	落蘇
	Bangkok (Teochew)	茄
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	茄
	Leizhou	茄
	Wenchang	茄, 牛𡳞茄
	Haikou	茄
	Qionghai	茄
Puxian Min	Putian	茄
	Xianyou	茄
Central Min	Yong'an	茄
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	茄
	Sanming (Shaxian)	茄
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	茄
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	茄
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	茄瓜
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	茄子
Shehua	Fu'an	茄仔
	Fuding	茄仔
	Luoyuan	茄
	Sanming	茄仔
	Shunchang	茄仔
	Hua'an	茄仔
	Guixi (Zhangping)	茄仔
	Cangnan	茄
	Jingning (Hexi)	茄
	Lishui	茄
	Longyou	茄
	Chaozhou	茄仔
	Fengshun	茄仔
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	茄
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	茄
	Luxi (Lijiatian)	茄子
Wu	Shanghai	落蘇, 茄子
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	茄子, 落蘇
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	落蘇
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	茄子
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	茄子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	茄子, 茄落蘇
	Suzhou	茄子
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	茄子
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	茄子
	Wuxi	茄子
	Changshu	茄子
	Kunshan	茄子
	Jiaxing	茄子
	Changzhou	茄子
	Liyang	落蘇
	Changzhou (Jintan)	茄子
	Yixing	茄子
	Danyang	茄子
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	茄子
	Jingjiang	茄子
	Jiangyin	茄子
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	茄子
	Hangzhou	茄兒, 茄子
	Shaoxing	茄子
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	茄子
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	茄
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	茄
	Ningbo	茄, 茄子
	Yuyao	茄子
	Taizhou (Huangyan)	茄
	Wenzhou	茄兒, 落茄
	Quzhou	落蘇
	Jinhua	落蘇, 茄子
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	落蘇
	Yongkang	落蘇
	Pujiang	茄菜
	Dongyang	落蘇兒, 茄兒
	Pan'an	落蘇兒
	Wuyi	落蘇
Xiang	Changsha	茄子
	Loudi	茄子
	Shuangfeng	茄子
	Quanzhou	茄子
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	秋茄
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	茄
	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	茄
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	茄哩
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	茄哩
	Renhua (Shitang)	茄
	Renhua (Songwei, Guitou)	茄
	Lechang (Changlai)	茄
	Lechang (Beixiang)	茄咯
	Lechang (Huangpu)	茄仔
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	茄子
	Lechang (Sanxi)	茄子

Interjection

1. (chiefly Mandarin, when taking a photograph) cheese!

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
茄	子
なす
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alternative forms

• 茄

Etymology 1

/nasubi/ → */nasubʉ/*/nasumɨ/ → /nasumʉ/ → /nasuː/ → /nasu/

First attested in the late 1400s, originally a nyōbō kotoba term.

Shift from nasubi below.

Noun

茄子(なす) or 茄子(ナス) • (nasu) 

1. Solanum melongena, the eggplant or aubergine
2. a 茶入れ (chaire, “tea container”) in the shape of an eggplant

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 茄子科(ナスか) (nasu-ka)
• 茄子紺(なすこん) (nasukon)
• 茄子(なす)苗(なえ) (nasunae)
• 茄子(なす)の鴫(しぎ)焼(や)き (nasu no shigiyaki)
• 秋(あき)茄子(なす) (akinasu)
• 刺(イガ)茄子(ナス) (Iga nasu)
• 賀茂茄子(かもなす) (Kamo nasu)
• 玄(げん)白茄子(ぱくなす) (genpaku nasu)
• 白(しろ)茄子(なす) (shironasu)
• 千成(せんなり)茄子(なす) (Sennari nasu)
• 唐茄子(とうなす) (tōnasu)
• 長(なが)茄子(なす) (naganasu)
• 浜(ハマ)梨(ナス) (hamanasu)
• 米(ベイ)茄子(ナス) (beinasu)
• 惚(ぼ)け茄子(なす) (bokenasu)
• 民田(みんでん)茄子(なす) (minden nasu)

Proper noun

茄子(なす) • (Nasu) 

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
茄	子
なすび
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 1
jukujikun

First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).

Various theories exist regarding the ultimate derivation:

• Shift from a compound of なす (nasu, “to become”, transitive) +‎ 実 (mi, “fruit”)
• Shift from 夏の実 (natsu no mi, literally “summer fruit”).

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 茄子 (qiézi).

Noun

茄子(なすび) or 茄子(ナスビ) • (nasubi) 

1. (archaic) Solanum melongena, the eggplant or aubergine
2. (archaic) a 茶入れ (chaire, “tea container”) in the shape of an eggplant
3. (figurative) poverty, destitution

   from the inexpensiveness of eggplants even the impoverished can eat

4. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with designs of eggplant fruits, flowers, and leaves

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 茄子(なすび)売(う)り (nasubi-uri)
• 茄子(なすび)鉄漿(がね) (nasubi-gane)
• 茄子(なすび)薬(ぐすり) (nasubi-gusuri)
• 茄子(なすび)の田(でん)楽(がく) (nasubi no dengaku)
• 茄子(なすび)苗(なえ) (nasubinae)
• 珊瑚樹茄子(さんごじゅなす) (sangoju nasu)
• 茄子(なすび)歯(ば) (nasubiba)
• 赤(あか)子(こ)茄子(なすび) (akako nasubi)
• 秋(あき)茄子(なすび) (akinasubi)
• あたじけ茄子(なすび) (atajike nasubi)
• 刺(イガ)茄子(ナスビ) (Iga nasubi)
• 蘞(エグ)茄子(ナスビ) (egu nasubi)
• 気(き)違(ちが)い茄子(なすび) (kichigai nasubi)
• 木毟(きみしり)茄子(なすび) (kimishiri nasubi)
• 草(くさ)茄子(なすび) (kusanasubi)
• 小(コ)茄子(ナスビ) (konasubi)
• 沢(サワ)茄子(ナスビ) (sawa nasubi)
• 白(しろ)茄子(なすび) (shironasubi)
• 種(たね)茄子(なすび) (tane nasubi)
• 天(テン)竺(ジク)茄子(ナスビ) (Tenjiku nasubi)
• 長(なが)茄子(なすび) (naganasubi)
• 一(ひと)口(くち)茄子(なすび) (hitokuchi nasubi)
• 水(みず)茄子(なすび) (mizu nasubi)
• 山(ヤマ)茄子(ナスビ) (yama nasubi)
• 悪(ワル)茄子(ナスビ) (warunasubi)

Proverbs

• 瓜(うり)の蔓(つる)に茄子(なすび)はならぬ (uri no tsuru ni nasubi wa naranu)
• 一富(いち)士二(ふじに)鷹三茄子(たかさんなすび) (ichifujini takasan nasubi)
• 親(おや)の意見(いけん)と茄子(なすび)の花(はな)は千(せん)に一(ひと)つも無駄(むだ)はない (oya no iken to nasubi no hana wa sen ni hitotsu mo muda wa nai)

Proper noun

茄子(なすび) • (Nasubi) 

1. a placename