Chinese Word of the Day
芥末jiè mò
mustard
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 芥末 | jièmo, jièmò | |
| 1. n. mustard (condiment) | ||
| 2. n. wasabi | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| mustard | ||
| 1. 芥末 | ||
| Components | ||
| 芥 | jiè, gài | |
| 1. mustard greens (Brassica juncea) | ||
| 2. (literary) small grass | ||
| 3. (literary, figurative) triviality | ||
| 末 | mò | |
| 1. tip; treetop | ||
| 末梢 - tip; end | ||
| 2. (by extension) effect; result | ||
| 本末 - cause and effect | ||
| 3. late or the last stage; conclusion; close | ||
| Antonyms: 首, 初, 始 | ||
| 月末 - month-end | ||
| 明 末 清 初 - late-Ming and early-Qing era | ||
| 文 末 提到 - Toward the end of the article, it was mentioned… | ||
| 4. final; the last; concluding; closing; terminal | ||
| Antonyms: 首, 初, 始 | ||
| 末代 - the last (in one's lineage) | ||
| 末日 - doomsday; apocalypse | ||
| 末 法 時期 - Dharma-ending age | ||
| 5. insignificant; trivial; inferior; low-priority; low-class | ||
| 捨本逐末 - pursuing the unimportant while neglecting the essential | ||
| 6. powder; fine particulate matter | ||
| 粉末 - powder | ||
| 7. (literary, dated) not; none; no (negative indicator) | ||
| Synonyms: 未, 莫, 無 | ||
| 8. (mo) (a category of male roles in traditional Chinese theatre and opera) | ||
| 9. (Same as) 麼. | ||
| 10. (Used to mark a conditional subordinate clause.) | ||
| 要是 儂 一家頭 拿 勿 到 末，叫 個 人 來 幫忙。 - tr=2iau zr&3non&4iq ka deu&3nau veq tau meq&2jiau hheq&3nyin&3le&1paan maan, If you can’t carry it on your own, ask for someone to help., SH | ||
| 儂 勿 去 蘇州 末，要 告訴 我 一聲。 - tr=3non&5veq qi&1su tseu meq&2iau+2kau su&3ngu&4iq san, If you're not going to Suzhou, let me know., ref=2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 309, SH | ||
| 11. (Used to mark the topic in a topic-comment construction.) | ||
| 新 衣裳 末，我 已經 買 了 兩 件。 - tr=1xi i zaan meq&3ngu&2i jin&3ma leq&3lian ji, ref=2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 309, As for the new clothes, I've already bought two of them., SH | ||
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Pronunciation
jiè mò
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