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吊菜

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Chinese

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to hang; to suspend vegetable
trad. (吊菜)
simp. #(吊菜)
Literally: “hanging vegetable”.

Etymology

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Named for how the fruit grows on the plant. The term arose as avoidance of (eggplant), which is homophonous to (crippled) (Chang, 2022).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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吊菜

  1. (Hakka) eggplant; aubergine

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