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The Chinese word for mustard is
芥末

jiè mò



mustard

Chinese Definition


mustard
     1. 芥末
Components
     1. mustard greens (Brassica juncea)
     2. (literary) small grass
     3. (literary, figurative) triviality
     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
           (ant, zh, 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
           (ant, zh, 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



Translations for and their definitions

芥末
     1. n. mustard (condiment)
     2. n. wasabi


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