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叶

yè

HSK 4 Character Traditional 葉

What 叶 means

1. leaf
2. page
3. lobe
4. (historical) period
5. classifier for small boats

Other readings

叶 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiéto be in harmony
• Yèsurname Ye

Example sentences

• 叶子落了。
  The leaves fell.
• 秋天秋叶落。
  Qiūtiān qiūyè luò.
  Leaves fall in the autumn.
• 树叶变红了。
  The leaves of the trees have turned red.
• 树叶变黄了。
  The leaves have turned yellow.
• 树叶掉在地上。
  Shùyè diào zài dìshàng.
  The leaves fell to the earth.
• 微风吹动树叶。
  A breeze stirred the leaves.

Words starting with 叶

• 叶子yè zileaf; (slang) marijuana
• 叶片yè piànblade (of propellor); vane; leaf
• 叶圣陶Yè Shèng táoYe Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books
• 叶问Yè WènYip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee
• 叶序yè xù(botany) phyllotaxy; leaf arrangement
• 叶挺Yè TǐngYe Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader
• 叶插yè chāto propagate from leaf cuttings
• 叶菜yè càileaf vegetable; leafy greens
• 叶轮yè lúnturbine wheel
• 叶酸yè suānfolic acid
• 叶门Yè ménYemen (Tw)
• 叶面yè miànleaf surface
• 叶伟文Yè Wěi wénalias of 叶伟民
• 叶伟民Yè Wěi mínRaymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)
• 叶子列yè zi lièleaf arrangement; phyllotaxy (botany)
• 叶子板yè zi bǎn(Taiwan) fender (automotive)
• 叶永烈Yè Yǒng lièYe Yonglie (1940-), popular science writer
• 叶片状yè piàn zhuàngfoliated; striated into thin leaves
• 叶礼庭yè lǐ tíngMichael Grant Ignatieff (1947-), leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
• 叶绿素yè lǜ sùchlorophyll
• 叶绿体yè lǜ tǐchloroplast
• 叶选平Yè Xuǎn píngYe Xuanping (1924-2019), former Governor of Guangdong 广东
• 叶里温Yè lǐ wēnYerevan, capital of Armenia (Tw)
• 叶集区Yè jí QūYeji, a district of Lu'an City 六安市

Words containing 叶

• 树叶shù yètree leaves
• 茶叶chá yètea; tea leaves
• 落叶luò yèdead leaves; to lose leaves (of plants); deciduous
• 红叶hóng yèred autumnal leaves
• 枫叶fēng yèmaple leaf
• 绿叶lǜ yègreen leaf; (fig.) actor playing a supporting role
• 枝叶zhī yèbranch and leaf
• 荷叶hé yèlotus leaf
• 中叶zhōng yèmid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period
• 朱丽叶Zhū lì yèJuliet or Juliette (name)
• 秋叶qiū yèautumn leaf
• 千叶Qiān yèChiba (Japanese surname, prefecture, and city)
• 什叶派Shí yè pàiShia sect (of Islam)
• 烟叶yān yèleaf tobacco
• 枯叶kū yèdead leaf; withered leaf
• 百叶窗bǎi yè chuāngshutter; blind
• 茶叶蛋chá yè dàntea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea)
• 枝繁叶茂zhī fán yè mào(of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper…
• 干叶gān yèdried leaf
• 刀叶dāo yèblade
• 初叶chū yèearly part (of a decade, century etc); the first years
• 合叶hé yèhinge
• 多叶duō yèleafy
• 嫩叶nèn yètender young leaves

Sounds the same

Read yè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 页page; leaf
• 夜night
• 业line of business; industry; occupation
• 液(bound form) a liquid; also pr. yì
• 烨blaze of fire; glorious
• 谒to visit (a superior)
• 曳to drag; to pull; Taiwan pr. yì
• 掖to support by the arm; to help; to promote
• 腋(bound form) armpit; axilla; axil
• 晔bright light; to sparkle
• 咽to choke (in crying)
• 靥dimple