吊菜

Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation


Noun

吊菜

  1. (Hakka) eggplant; aubergine

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