堇菜

jǐncài
violet (botany)

CEDICT

violet (flower)

Wiktionary

堇菜科堇菜属的植物，常被误译为紫罗兰。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 堇 jǐn
  1. clay
  2. old variant of 仅 jǐn
  3. violet (plant)
2 菜 cài
  1. (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
  2. (coll.) (one's) type

classifiers: 棵, 樣, 道, 盤

Related entries

堇色 jǐnsè violet (color)
紫罗兰色 zǐluólánsè violet (color)
紫 zǐ
  1. purple
  2. violet
花园里全是紫百合。

The garden was full of purple lilies.

Source: Tatoeba

紫罗兰 zǐluólán
  1. (botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana)
  2. (botany) violet
紫色 zǐsè
  1. purple
  2. violet (color)
是紫色的嗎？

Is it purple?

Source: Tatoeba

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