The Chinese word for mustard is
芥末
jiè mòChinese Definition
mustard | |
1. 芥末 | |
Components | |
芥 | |
1. mustard greens (Brassica juncea) | |
2. (literary) small grass | |
3. (literary, figurative) triviality | |
末 | |
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 |
Translations for 末 and their definitions
芥末 | |
1. n. mustard (condiment) | |
2. n. wasabi |
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