# 茄子 (qiézi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 茄子 (qiézi) means “eggplant; aubergine”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: eggplant; aubergine
- Pinyin: qiézi (qie2 zi5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我妈妈做的红烧茄子特别好吃。
  Wǒ māma zuò de hóngshāo qiézi tèbié hǎochī.
  The braised eggplant my mom makes is especially delicious.

## Characters

- 茄 (jiā): phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", al
- [子](https://hanziro.com/word/zi-noun-suffix/) (zi): (suffix) noun suffix; child

https://hanziro.com/word/qie-zi-eggplant/

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