叶 (葉) yè

1. yè noun leaf; foliage; petal
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Botany
   Notes: (Guoyu '葉' n 1; Kroll 2015 '葉' 1, p. 540; Unihan '葉'; XHZD '叶' 1)
2. yè verb to grow leaves
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '葉' 1a, p. 540)
3. yè noun a simile for a small and light object
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '葉' 3, p. 540)
4. yè noun page
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Same as 书页 page of a book (Guoyu '葉' n 4; Unihan '葉'; XHZD '叶' 2)
5. yè noun period
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 时期; for example 唐朝中叶 'mid-Tang' (Guoyu '葉' n 3; Kroll 2015 '葉' 2, p. 540; Unihan '葉'; XHZD '叶' 3)
6. yè proper noun Ye
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '葉' n 7; XHZD '叶' 4)
7. yè noun a sheet
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of a thin, flat object (Guoyu '葉' n 2， 5; XHZD '叶' 2)
8. yè measure word a measure word for small boats or sheets of paper
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '葉' n 6)
9. shè proper noun She
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Place Name 地名
   Notes: Name of a place in the State of Chu in the Spring and Autumn period (Guoyu '葉' shè)

Contained in

• 蓝翅叶鹎(藍翅葉鵯) blue-winged leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)
• 后半叶(後半葉) the latter half
• 上半叶(上半葉) the first half
• 子叶(子葉) cotyledon (first embryonic leaf)
• 羽状复叶(羽狀複葉) bipinnate leaf
• 叶序(葉序) a leaf arrangement
• 金枝玉叶(金枝玉葉) golden branch, jade leaves; blue-blooded nobility, especially imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
• 什叶派(什葉派) Shia sect; Shiite sect
• 罗密欧与朱丽叶(羅密歐與朱麗葉) Romeo and Juliet
• 贝叶棕(貝葉棕) pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
• 叶子(葉子) foliage; leaf ; playing cards ; page of a book ; gold leaf ; tobacco
• 不完全叶(不完全葉) incomplete leaf
• 叶片状(葉片狀) foliated; striated into thin leaves
• 番泻叶(番瀉葉) senna leaf (Folium sennae)
• 傅立叶变换(傅立葉變換) Fourier transform
• 茱丽叶(茱麗葉) Juliet or Juliette (name)
• 落叶乔木(落葉喬木) deciduous tree
• 枝叶(枝葉) branches and leaves ; non-essentials ; descendants ; a side issue ; additional revenue from officials extorting people
• 香菜叶(香菜葉) coriander leaf
• 桉叶油(桉葉油) eucalyptus oil
• 叶根友(葉根友) Genyou Ye
• 细叶脉(細葉脈) veinlet in a leaf
• 牵籐带叶(牽籐帶葉) a climbing vine has to carry leaves; to talk or act without focus
• 复叶(複葉) compound leaf (botany)
• 末叶(末葉) final years; end (of a decade, era etc)
• 朱丽叶(朱麗葉) Juliet or Juliette (name)
• 叶黄素(葉黃素) lutein (biochemistry)
• 艾叶油(艾葉油) mugwort leaf oil (TCM); also called wormwood leaf oil; Oleum folii Artemisiae argyi
• 叶子列(葉子列) leaf arrangement; phyllotaxy
• 一叶知秋(一葉知秋) the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn; a small sign can indicate a great trend; a straw in the wind
• 单叶双曲面(單葉雙曲面) hyperboloid of one sheet
• 叶苔(葉苔) liverwort (Jungermannia lanceolata)
• 吹叶机(吹葉機) leaf blower (machine)
• 双子叶植物(雙子葉植物) dicotyledon; dicots
• 皱叶欧芹(皺葉歐芹) curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
• 银叶(銀葉) silver leaf
• 单子叶(單子葉) monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)
• 中叶(中葉) mid-; middle period
• 千叶(千葉) Chiba
• 脑叶(腦葉) lobe of the brain
• 百叶箱(百葉箱) Stevenson screen (white box with ventilated sides, housing meteorological instruments); thermometer screen

Also contained in

兰叶描 、 迦叶弥罗国 、 秋叶原 、 叶利钦 、 傅里叶 、 叶卡捷琳娜 、 叶尔羌 、 叶城 、 莲华荷叶 、 叶卡捷琳堡

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Truncated for common words

• 第九十八回 Chapter 98 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 60
• 卷二百一十五下 列傳第一百四十下 突厥下 Volume 215b Biographies 140b: Tujie 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 48
• 卷一百九十四下 列傳第一百四十四下: 突厥下 Volume 194 Biographies 144: Tujie 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 35
• 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 24
• 卷二百一十七上 列傳第一百四十二上 回鶻上 Volume 217a Biographies 142a: Huihu 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 22
• 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 20
• 卷四 Scroll 4 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 19
• 卷二百十三 表第四 宰輔四 Volume 213 Tables 4: Chancellors 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
• 卷一百九十八 列傳第一百四十八: 西戎 Volume 198 Biographies 148: Western Regions Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 17

Collocations

• 叶公 (葉公) 葉公諸梁之弟后臧 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 27
• 一叶 (一葉) 大渾而為一葉 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 8
• 叶公子 (葉公子) 葉公子高問政於仲尼曰 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十一 耕柱 Book 11 - Geng Zhu — count: 7
• 苦叶 (苦葉) 匏有苦葉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧匏有苦葉 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Pao You Ku Ye — count: 5
• 瓠叶 (瓠葉) 瓠葉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧瓠葉 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Hu Ye — count: 5
• 支叶 (支葉) 是以支葉扶疏 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十三 武五子傳 Volume 63: The five sons of Emperor Wu — count: 4
• 叶阳 (葉陽) 葉陽君悝出之國 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦本紀》 Annals of Qin — count: 4
• 杨叶 (楊葉) 去楊葉百步 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 4
• 楮叶 (楮葉) 宋人有以象為其君為楮葉者 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十　泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage — count: 4
• 叶落 (葉落) 見一葉落 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十六　說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion — count: 4