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芥
Mandarin · pinyin gài#
Meanings · gài
- see 芥藍 gài lán
Mandarin · pinyin jiè#
Meanings · jiè
- mustard
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- 芥
- jiè · mustard plant; mustard; tiny
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Mandarin tones
4 · gai4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gaai3
Cantonese word readings for 芥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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gaai3
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- mustard greens (Brassica juncea)
- (literary) small herbaceous plant
- (literary, figurative) triviality
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