leaf, petal; page of book; period

DEFINITIONS

葉 yè
  • surname Ye
  • leaf
  • page
  • lobe
  • (historical) period
  • classifier for small boats

WORDS

縣 yè xiàn Ye county in Pingdingshan 平頂山|平顶山[Ping2 ding3 shan1], Henan
聖陶 yè shèng táo Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books
脈 yè mài venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)
脈序 yè mài xù leaf venation (botany); the pattern of veins on a leaf, characteristic of each species
苔 yè tái liverwort (Jungermannia lanceolata)
落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home; In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
輪 yè lún turbine wheel
輪機械 yè lún jī xiè turbomachine
選平 yè xuǎn píng Ye Xuanping (1924-), former Governor of Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1]
酸 yè suān folic acid
里溫 yè lǐ wēn Yerevan, capital of Armenia (Tw)
門 yè mén Yemen (Tw)
黃素 yè huáng sù lutein (biochemistry)
鼻蝠 yè bí fú see 台灣葉鼻蝠|台湾叶鼻蝠[Tai2 wan1 Ye4 bi2 fu2]
藍翅鵯 lán chì yè bēi (bird species of China) blue-winged leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)
fù yè compound leaf (botany)
bèi yè pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
斯 bèi yè sī Bayes (name); Thomas Bayes (1702-1761), English mathematician and theologian
棕 bèi yè zōng pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
經 bèi yè jīng sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree
佛 jiā yè fó Buddha Kassapa (Pāli) or Kāśyapa (Skt) (one of the Buddhas of the past)
金枝玉 jīn zhī yù yè golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
金頭縫鶯 jīn tóu fèng yè yīng (bird species of China) mountain tailorbird (Phyllergates cuculatus)
金額鵯 jīn é yè bēi (bird species of China) golden-fronted leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons)
zhēn yè needle-leaved (tree)