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。十字花科蕓薹屬，一年生草本。葉似蕓薹，邊緣有鋸齒，四月開黃色花。莖葉可食用，種子如粟粒，味辛辣。
  2. 小草。
  3. 細小的、微賤的。

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Homographs

芥 gài see 芥藍 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
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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