Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 葉

surname Ye

leaf
page
lobe
(historical) period
classifier for small boats

blade

Jesse (name)

hinge

occipital lobe

frontal lobe

green leaf
(fig.) actor playing a supporting role

stipule

leaf tobacco

final years
end (of a decade, era etc)

Chiba (Japanese surname and place name)

leafy

bay leaf
laurel leaf

Ye Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader

dried leaf

betel

Yemen (Tw)

dead leaf; withered leaf

maple leaf

autumn leaf

mid- (e.g. mid-century)
middle period

tea
tea leaves
CL:盒 (hé),罐 (guàn),包 (bāo),片 (piàn)

petiole
leafstalk

broad-leaved (tree)

parietal lobe

tree leaves

folic acid

leaf (CL:片 (piàn))
(slang) marijuana

pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras

mugwort leaf (TCM)
Folium Artemisiae argyi

Ye county in Pingdingshan 平頂山／平顶山 ( Píngdǐngshān), Henan

tripe (stomach lining of cattle etc used as food)

needle-leaved (tree)

(botany) leaf sheath

turbine wheel

leaf arrangement
phyllotaxy (botany)

leaf (usually bamboo or reed leaf) used to wrap 粽子 (zòngzi) sticky rice dumplings

Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區／喀什地区 ( Kāshídìqū), west Xinjiang

(botany) pulvinus

venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)

silver leaf

cotyledon (first embryonic leaf)

early part (of a decade, century etc)
the first years

temporal lobe

dead leaves
to lose leaves (of plants)
deciduous

branch and leaf

Yip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee

compound leaf (botany)

Shia (a movement in Islam)

tender young leaves

Phrynium capitatum

red autumnal leaves

liverwort (Jungermannia lanceolata)

lobe of the brain

blade (of propellor)
vane
leaf

leaf arrangement
phyllotaxy (botany)

Michael Grant Ignatieff (1947-), leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

veinlet in a leaf

geraniol (chemistry)

insect-catching leaf

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830)

leaf venation (botany)
the pattern of veins on a leaf, characteristic of each species

latter half (of a decade, century etc)

alias of 葉偉民／叶伟民 ( Yè Wěimín)

trilobite

needle-leaved forest

Sauropus spatulifolius Beille (shrub of the Euphorbiaceae family)

yèpiànzhuàng

foliated
striated into thin leaves

sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree

small-leaf linden (Tilia cordata)

(Tw) fender (automotive)

Juliet or Juliette (name)

dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants)

alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern)

Braille (name)
Louis Braille (1809-1852), French educator who invented braille

see 柳眉 (liǔméi)

Chiba prefecture, Japan

Juliet or Juliette (name)

tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea)

Ye Yonglie (1940-), popular science writer

pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras

four-leaf clover

Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)

Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)

Buddha Kassapa (Pāli) or Kāśyapa (Skt) (one of the Buddhas of the past)

Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books

monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)

lancet (surgeon's knife)

bay leaf; laurel leaf

Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837)

Yeltsin (name)
Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999

eucalyptus oil

(slang) to smoke pot

(loanword) ECMO; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區／喀什地区 ( Kāshídìqū), west Xinjiang

coriander leaf

Yerevan, capital of Armenia (Tw)

Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis)

omasum
beef tripe

Yè Jiāngchuān

Ye Jiangchuan

Agent Orange (herbicide)

conifer

deck of playing cards

leaf-nosed bat

leaf litter

leaf blower (machine)

Stevenson screen (white box with ventilated sides, housing meteorological instruments)
thermometer screen
instrument shelter

Ye Xuanping (1924-2019), former Governor of Guangdong 廣東／广东 ( Guǎngdōng)

Shia sect (of Islam)

Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies

carbonized mugwort leaf (used in TCM)
Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum

lutein (biochemistry)

shutter
blind

coriander leaf

Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores

tarragon

chloroplast

the first half (of a period)

clover
trefoil

Bayes (name)
Thomas Bayes (1702-1761), English mathematician and theologian

mugwort leaf oil (TCM)
also called wormwood leaf oil
Oleum folii Artemisiae argyi

larch tree (Pinus larix)
deciduous pine tree

senna leaf (Folium sennae)

Yeji, a district of Lu'an City 六安市 ( Luàn Shì), Anhui

chlorophyll

defoliant

Sānyè Xīngyún

Trifid Nebula, M20

gēnshēnyèmào

deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom)
(fig.) well established and growing strongly

Luòyèguīgēn

Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚／张扬 ( Zhāng Yáng), starring 趙本山／赵本山 ( Zhào Běnshān)

yuèguìshùyè

laurel leaf; bay leaf

luòyèqiáomù

deciduous tree

zhòuyè'ōuqín

curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum)

(zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae)

lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend
a straw in the wind

thick stems and broad leaves (idiom)
boorish
rough and ready
sloppy

golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty

lánchìyèbēi

(bird species of China) blue-winged leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)

chéngfùyèbēi

(bird species of China) orange-bellied leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii)

deciduous plant
deciduous vegetation

bùwánquányè

(botany) an incomplete leaf – one that lacks a lamina, petiole, or stipule

Yè Gōnghàolóng

lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom)
fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it
ostensible fondness of sth one really fears

Yè'ěrqiāng Hé

Yarkant River in Xinjiang

turbomachine

Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture

yèluòguīgēn

a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home
In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.

tea leaves powder

(bird species of China) golden-fronted leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons)

zhēnyèzhíwù

needle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree)

yīyèzhàngmù

lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)
fig. not seeing the wider picture
can't see the wood for the trees

luòyèguīgēn

lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom)
fig. all things go back to their source eventually
in old age, an expatriate returns home

yǔzhuàngfùyè

bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy)

yǒuzhīyǒuyè

to become bogged down in the details (idiom)

zhīfányèmào

(of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish

zhúyèqīngshé

Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)

dānyèshuāngqūmiàn

单叶双曲面

[單葉雙曲面]

hyperboloid of one sheet (math.)

qián'éyèpízhì

前额叶皮质

[前額葉皮質]

prefrontal cortex (PFC)

qiūfēngsǎoluòyè

秋风扫落叶

[秋風掃落葉]

lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep

Táiwānyèbífú

台湾叶鼻蝠

[台灣葉鼻蝠]

Formosan leaf-nosed bat

Yèkǎjiélínnà

叶卡捷琳娜

[葉卡捷琳娜]

Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name)
Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684-1727), Empress of Russia

bīngyèrìzhōnghuā

冰叶日中花

[冰葉日中花]

ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

Yèkǎjiélínbǎo

叶卡捷琳堡

[葉卡捷琳堡]

Yekaterinburg (Russian city, also known as Ekaterinburg or Sverdlovsk)

dàyèxìngfèiyán

大叶性肺炎

[大葉性肺炎]

lobar pneumonia

jīntóufèngyèyīng

金头缝叶莺

[金頭縫葉鶯]

(bird species of China) mountain tailorbird (Phyllergates cuculatus)

chángwěiféngyèyīng

长尾缝叶莺

[長尾縫葉鶯]

(bird species of China) common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)

hēihóuféngyèyīng

黑喉缝叶莺

[黑喉縫葉鶯]

(bird species of China) dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)

Méixīyèxīngbiǎo

梅西叶星表

[梅西葉星表]

Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)

Fùlìyèbiànhuàn

傅立叶变换

[傅立葉變換]

(math.) Fourier transform

Yèkǎtèlínnàbǎo

叶卡特琳娜堡

[葉卡特琳娜堡]

Ekaterinburg or Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk), Russian town in the Ural mountains

rùnsìyuè,chīshùyè

闰四月，吃树叶

[閏四月，吃樹葉]

an intercalary fourth month brings food shortages

Luómì'ōuyǔ Zhūlìyè

罗密欧与朱丽叶

[羅密歐與朱麗葉]

Romeo and Juliet, 1594 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞／莎士比亚

shùgāoqiānzhàng,luòyèguīgēn

树高千丈，落叶归根

[樹高千丈，落葉歸根]

see 樹高千丈，葉落歸根／树高千丈，叶落归根 (shùgāoqiānzhàng,yèluòguīgēn)

shùgāoqiānzhàng,yèluòguīgēn

树高千丈，叶落归根

[樹高千丈，葉落歸根]

fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
fig. everything has its ancestral home
in old age, an expatriate returns home

mǔdansuīhǎo,quánzhànglüyèfú

牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶

[牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶]

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

mǔdansuīhǎo,zhōngxūlüyèfúchí

牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持

[牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持]

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

mǔdansuīhǎo,quánzhànglüyèfúchí

牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持

[牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶持]

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

mǔdansuīhǎo,quánpínglüyèfúchí

牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持

[牡丹雖好，全憑綠葉扶持]

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.