葉子

See also: 叶子

Chinese

		leaf; page	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (葉子)		葉	子
simp. (叶子)		叶	子
anagram		子葉／子叶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yèzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ye² zi³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): езы (i͡əzɨ, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): iet⁶ zi / iet⁷ zi
• Jin (Wiktionary): ieh⁴ zeh
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸yiq-tsy
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ie⁶ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: yè-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh.tzy
    • Palladius: ецзы (jeczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ye² zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iez
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: езы (i͡əzɨ, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iə²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jip⁶ zi²
    • Yale: yihp jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚² t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: iet⁶ zi / iet⁷ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛt̚⁵ t͡sz̩²/, /iɛt̚² t͡sz̩¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ieh⁴ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /iəʔ² t͡səʔ³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸yiq-tsy
    • MiniDict: yih^入 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhiq-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɪʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ie⁶ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

葉子

1. leaf; foliage (Classifier: 片; 張／张)

   樹木每年都重新長出葉子。 [MSC, trad.]
   树木每年都重新长出叶子。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shùmù měi nián dōu chóngxīn zhǎngchū yèzi. [Pinyin]

   The trees renew their foliage every year.

2. (slang) marijuana

   飛葉子／飞叶子  ―  fēi yèzi  ―  to smoke marijuana

Synonyms

• (leaf):

Dialectal synonyms of 葉子 (“leaf”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		葉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		葉, 葉子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	葉子, 葉兒
	Taiwan	葉子
	Singapore	葉子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	葉兒, 葉子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	葉子
	Xi'an	葉子, 葉葉兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	葉子
	Wuhan	葉子
	Guiyang	葉子
	Guilin	葉子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	葉子
	Hefei	葉子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	葉
	Hong Kong	葉
	Taishan	葉
	Yangjiang	葉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	葉
Gan	Nanchang	葉子
	Jianning	葉
	Taining	箬
Hakka	Meixian	葉仔
	Pinghe (Jiufeng)	葉
	Changting	葉哩
	Shanghang	葉哩
	Longyan (Yongding)	葉子
	Liancheng	葉
	Ninghua	葉子
	Qingliu	葉哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	葉仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	葉仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	葉仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	葉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	葉仔, 葉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	葉
Jin	Taiyuan	葉子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	箬, 箬仔
	Songxi	箬
	Zhenghe	箬
	Jianyang	箬
	Jianyang (Huangkeng)	箬
	Wuyishan	箬
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	箬, 箬箬
	Fuzhou (Changle)	箬
	Lianjiang	箬
	Fuqing	箬
	Pingtan	箬
	Yongtai	箬
	Minqing	箬
	Gutian	箬
	Pingnan	箬
	Luoyuan	箬
	Fu'an	箬
	Ningde	箬
	Xiapu	箬
	Zherong	箬
	Shouning	箬
	Zhouning	箬
	Fuding	箬
	Matsu	箬箬
Southern Min	Xiamen	箬, 箬仔
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	箬仔
	Quanzhou	箬, 箬仔
	Jinjiang	箬仔
	Nan'an	箬仔
	Shishi	箬仔
	Hui'an	箬仔
	Anxi	箬仔
	Yongchun	箬仔
	Dehua	箬
	Zhangzhou	箬, 箬仔
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	箬
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	箬仔
	Hua'an	箬仔
	Nanjing	箬仔
	Pinghe	箬仔
	Zhangpu	箬仔
	Yunxiao	箬
	Zhao'an	箬
	Dongshan	箬
	Taipei	箬仔
	Kaohsiung	箬仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	箬仔
	Tainan	箬仔
	Kinmen	箬仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	箬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	箬
	Manila (Hokkien)	箬
	Longyan	箬
	Zhangping	箬
	Datian	箬
	Chaozhou	箬
	Jieyang	箬
	Singapore (Teochew)	箬
	Leizhou	箬
	Haikou	箬
	Singapore (Hainanese)	箬
Puxian Min	Putian	箬
	Xianyou	箬
Central Min	Yong'an	箬
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	箬
	Sanming (Shaxian)	箬
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	箬
	Guangze	箬
	Jiangle	箬
	Mingxi	箬
	Shunchang	箬
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	箬
Wu	Shanghai	葉子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	葉子
	Suzhou	葉子
	Danyang	葉子
	Ningbo	葉爿
	Wenzhou	葉
	Pucheng	箬
Xiang	Changsha	葉子
	Shuangfeng	葉子

• (marijuana):

Dialectal synonyms of 大麻 (“marijuana; cannabis”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大麻
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	大麻
Cantonese	Hong Kong	大麻, 草
Wu	Shanghai	葉子

Derived terms

• 樹葉子／树叶子
• 睡蓮葉子／睡莲叶子 (shuìlián yèzǐ)
• 竹葉子／竹叶子
• 紙葉子／纸叶子 (zhǐyèzi)
• 茶葉子／茶叶子
• 葉子戲／叶子戏
• 葉子格／叶子格
• 葉子煙／叶子烟 (yèziyān)
• 葉子菸／叶子烟
• 鬥葉子／斗叶子 (dòuyèzi)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
葉	子
よう Grade: 3	こ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Proper noun

葉(よう)子(こ) • (Yōko) 

1. a female given name