茄子

Chinese

eggplant
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (茄子) 茄 子
simp. #(茄子) 茄 子
茄子

Pronunciation


Noun

茄子

  1. eggplant; aubergine (Classifier: 根 m; 條/条 m c; 個/个 m c; 隻/只 m c)
  2. (Qiaogang Cô Tô Cantonese) tomato

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 謝謝茄子/谢谢茄子

Interjection

茄子

  1. (chiefly Mandarin, when taking a photograph) cheese!

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茄 子
なす
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

/nasubi/ → */nasubʉ/*/nasumɨ/ → /nasumʉ/ → /nasuː/ → /nasu/

First attested in the late 1400s, originally a nyōbō kotoba term.

Shift from nasubi below.

Pronunciation

Noun

茄子(なす) or 茄子(ナス) • (nasu) 

  1. Solanum melongena, the eggplant or aubergine
  2. a 茶入れ (chaire, “tea container”) in the shape of an eggplant
Derived terms

Proper noun

茄子(なす) • (Nasu) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
茄 子
なすび
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1
jukujikun

First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).

Various theories exist regarding the ultimate derivation:

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 茄子 (qiézi).

Pronunciation

Noun

茄子(なすび) or 茄子(ナスビ) • (nasubi) 

  1. (archaic) Solanum melongena, the eggplant or aubergine
  2. (archaic) a 茶入れ (chaire, “tea container”) in the shape of an eggplant
  3. (figurative) poverty, destitution
    from the inexpensiveness of eggplants even the impoverished can eat
  4. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with designs of eggplant fruits, flowers, and leaves
Derived terms
Proverbs
  • 瓜(うり)の蔓(つる)に茄子(なすび)はならぬ (uri no tsuru ni nasubi wa naranu)
  • 一(いち)富士(ふじ)二(に)鷹(たか)三(さん)茄子(なすび) (ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi)
  • 親(おや)の意見(いけん)と茄子(なすび)の花(はな)は千(せん)に一(ひと)つも無駄(むだ)はない (oya no iken to nasubi no hana wa sen ni hitotsu mo muda wa nai)

Proper noun

茄子(なすび) • (Nasubi) 

  1. a placename

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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