葉 (jip6 | ye4) : leaf; historical period; surname

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葉

jip6

ye4

[1] leaf; foliage; leaf-like thing
[2] part of a historical period
[3] variant of 頁
[4] a Chinese family name

(Classifier(s): 塊)

Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

葉 / 叶

This word has been viewed 13031 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Aug 2013 02:11

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茶葉 caa4 jip6 cha2 ye4 = tea leaves

荷葉 ho4 jip6 = lotus leaf

葉茂 jip6 mau6 = leafy

樹葉 syu6 jip6 shu4 ye4 = tree leaves

葉子 jip6 zi2 ye4 zi5 = leaf; leaves; foliage 國

牛柏葉 ngau4 paak3 jip6 = cow stomach (as a dish of food); beef tripe

千葉 cin1 jip6 qian1 ye4 = Chiba

茶葉蛋 caa4 jip6 daan6*2 = tea flavored egg

不完全葉 bat1 jyun4 cyun4 jip6 bu4 wan2 quan2 ye4 = incomplete leaf 國

刀葉 dou1 jip6 dao1 ye4 = (knife) blade

多葉 do1 jip6 duo1 ye4 = leafy

葉緣 jip6 jyun4 ye4 yuan2 = edge

葉脈 jip6 mak6 ye4 mai4 = large veins

肺葉 fai3 jip6 = lobe (of the lungs)

葉菜 jip6 coi3 ye4 cai4 = leafy vegetable

葉酸 jip6 syun1 = folic acid, folate

檸檬葉 ning4 mung4 jip6 = lemongrass

牛百葉 ngau4 baak3 jip6 niu2 bai3 ye4 = cow stomach (as a dish of food); beef tripe

多葉蘆薈 do1 jip6 lou4 wui6 = Aloe Polyphylla (spiral aloe)

開枝散葉 hoi1 zi1 saan3 jip6 = to produce children; the expansion of a business

針葉林 zam1 jip6 lam4 = a coniferous forest

北方針葉林 bak1 fong1 zam1 jip6 lam4 = taiga (common formation)

羽狀復葉 jyu5 zong6 fuk1 jip6 yu3 zhuang4 fu4 ye4 = pinnately compound leaf, bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy)

蔞葉 lau4*1 jip6 = Piper betle (Betel pepper)

三葉草 saam1 jip6 cou2 san1 ye4 cao3 = a clover; clover

車葉 ce1 jip6*2 = a propellor blade 粵

扇葉 sin3 jip6*2 shan1 ye4 = a fan blade

樹搖葉落人搖福薄 syu6 jiu4 jip6 lok6 jan4 jiu4 fuk1 bok6 shu4 yao2 ye4 luo4 ren2 yao2 fu2 bo2 = a saying that discourages one from swaying or shaking one's legs 粵

孖葉 maa1 jip6*2 ma1 ye4 = handcuffs 粵

葉鞘 jip3 ciu3 ye4 qiao4 = leaf sheath (common formation)

四葉草 sei3 jip6 cou2 si4 ye4 cao3 = four leaf clover

楓葉 fung1 jip6 = maple leaves

傅立葉 fu6 laap6 jip6 fu4 li4 ye4 = Francois-Maire Charles Fourier

傅裡葉 fu6 lei5 jip6 fu4 li3 ye4 = Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

初葉 co1 jip6 chu1 ye4 = cataphyll, primordial leaf; early years of a century

子葉 zi2 jip6 zi3 ye4 = [botany] seed leaf

葉綠體 jip6 luk6 tai2 ye4 lv4 ti3 = [bio.] chloroplasts

鱗片葉 leon4 pin3 jip6 lin2 pian4 ye4 = scale leaf

三葉蟲 saam1 jip6 cung4 = [n] trilobite (lit., "three lobed insect")

千葉銀行 cin1 jip6 ngan4 hong4 = Chiba Bank, Ltd. (common formation)

葉壹堂 jip6 jat1 tong4 ye4 yi1 tang2 = Page One (bookstore chain)

葉公好龍 jip6 gung1 hou3 lung4 ye4 gong1 hao4 long2 = a professed love of what one really fears

葉問 jip6 man6 ye4 wen4 = Ip Man, Yip Man

細葉榕 sai3 jip6 jung4 xi4 ye4 rong2 = Chinese Banyan

秋葉原 cau1 jip6 jyun4 qiu1 ye4 yuan2 = Akihabara

荷葉飯 ho4 jip6 faan6 = steamed fried rice in lotus leaf wrapping

千葉孝 cin1 jip6 haau3 qian1 yie4 xiao4 = Takashi Chiba

千葉美加 cin1 jip6 mei5 gaa1 qian1 ye4 mei3 jia1 = Mika Chiba

葉玉卿 jip6 juk6 hing1 ye4 yu4 qing1 = Veronica Yip

葉佩雯 jip6 pui3 man4 ye4 pei4 wen2 = Grace Yip

葉世榮 jip6 sai3 wing4 ye4 shi4 rong2 = Wing Yip Sai Wing

葉蒨文 jip6 sin6 man4 ye4 qian4 wen2 = Sally Yeh

葉童 jip6 tung4 ye4 tong2 = Cecilia Yip

葉蘊儀 jip6 wan3 ji4 ye4 yun4 yi2 = Gloria Yip

葉子楣 jip6 zi2 mei4 ye4 zi3 mei2 = Amy Yip

葉智強 jip6 zi3 koeng4 ye4 chi3 qiang2 = Danny Yip

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