芥

jiè
mustard

CEDICT

  1. (literary) small herbaceous plant
  2. (literary, figurative) triviality
  3. mustard greens (Brassica juncea)
  4. small herbaceous plant
  5. triviality

Wiktionary

  1. 植物名。十字花科芸薹属，一年生草本。叶似芸薹，边缘有锯齿，四月开黄色花。茎叶可食用，种子如粟粒，味辛辣。
  2. 小草。
  3. 细小的、微贱的。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

芥 gài see 芥蓝 gàilán

Containing this entry

拾芥 shíjiè
  1. to pick up cress
  2. fig. sth easy to do
  3. a piece of cake
水田芥 shuǐtiánjiè watercress
筷子芥 kuàizijiè Arabis, a genus of Brassica family including cress
芥末 jièmo
  1. mustard
  2. wasabi
芥茉 jièmo variant of 芥末 jièmo
芥菜 jiècài
  1. leaf mustard (Brassica juncea)
  2. also pr. gàicài
芥蒂 jièdì
  1. an obstruction
  2. barrier
  3. ill-feeling
  4. grudge
荆芥 jīngjiè schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
视如土芥 shìrútǔjiè
  1. to regard as useless
  2. to view as no better than weeds
青芥辣 qīngjièlà
  1. horseradish
  2. wasabi
  3. green mustard
草芥 cǎojiè
尘芥 chénjiè
芥蓝 jièlán
芥子 jièzǐ
芥花 jièhuā
茶芥 chájiè
阿拉伯芥 ālābójiè
黑芥 hēijiè
氮芥 dànjiè
南芥 nánjiè
芥辣粉 jièlàfěn

Related entries

芥末 jièmo
  1. mustard
  2. wasabi
吃午饭的时候，一坨芥末酱滴下来弄脏了我的领带。

A drop of mustard fell and stained my tie during lunch.

Source: Tatoeba