ye4
surname Ye

ye4
leaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier for small boats

strokes 12
radical
strokes after radical 9
艾叶 艾葉 ai4 ye4
mugwort leaf (TCM); Folium Artemisiae argyi

艾叶炭 艾葉炭 ai4 ye4 tan4
carbonized mugwort leaf (used in TCM); Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum

艾叶油 艾葉油 ai4 ye4 you2
mugwort leaf oil (TCM); also called wormwood leaf oil; Oleum folii Artemisiae argyi

桉叶油 桉葉油 an1 ye4 you2
eucalyptus oil

百叶 百葉 bai3 ye4
tripe (stomach lining of cattle etc used as food)

百叶窗 百葉窗 bai3 ye4 chuang1
shutter; blind

百叶箱 百葉箱 bai3 ye4 xiang1
Stevenson screen (white box with ventilated sides, housing meteorological instruments); thermometer screen; instrument shelter

贝叶 貝葉 bei4 ye4
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras

贝叶经 貝葉經 bei4 ye4 jing1
sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree

贝叶斯 貝葉斯 bei4 ye4 si1
Bayes (name); Thomas Bayes (1702-1761), English mathematician and theologian

贝叶棕 貝葉棕 bei4 ye4 zong1
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras

捕虫叶 捕蟲葉 bu3 chong2 ye4
insect-catching leaf

不完全叶 不完全葉 bu4 wan2 quan2 ye4
incomplete leaf

茶叶 茶葉 cha2 ye4
tea; tea leaves

茶叶蛋 茶葉蛋 cha2 ye4 dan4
tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea)

茶叶末儿 茶葉末兒 cha2 ye4 mo4 er5
tea leaves powder

长尾缝叶莺 長尾縫葉鶯 chang2 wei3 feng2 ye4 ying1
(bird species of China) common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)

橙腹叶鹎 橙腹葉鵯 cheng2 fu4 ye4 bei1
(bird species of China) orange-bellied leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii)

初叶 初葉 chu1 ye4
early part (of a decade, century etc); the first years

吹叶机 吹葉機 chui1 ye4 ji1
leaf blower (machine)

粗枝大叶 粗枝大葉 cu1 zhi1 da4 ye4
thick stems and broad leaves (idiom); boorish; rough and ready; sloppy

大叶性肺炎 大葉性肺炎 da4 ye4 xing4 fei4 yan2
lobar pneumonia

单叶双曲面 單葉雙曲面 dan1 ye4 shuang1 qu1 mian4
hyperboloid of one sheet (math.)

单子叶 單子葉 dan1 zi3 ye4
monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)

刀叶 刀葉 dao1 ye4
blade

顶叶 頂葉 ding3 ye4
parietal lobe

多叶 多葉 duo1 ye4
leafy

额叶 額葉 e2 ye4
frontal lobe

番泻叶 番瀉葉 fan1 xie4 ye4
senna leaf (Folium sennae)

梵册贝叶 梵冊貝葉 fan4 ce4 bei4 ye4
Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture

枫叶 楓葉 feng1 ye4
maple leaf

傅里叶 傅里葉 fu4 li3 ye4
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830)

傅立叶 傅立葉 fu4 li4 ye4
Francois-Maire Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837)

傅立叶变换 傅立葉變換 fu4 li4 ye4 bian4 huan4
(math.) Fourier transform

复叶 複葉 fu4 ye4
compound leaf (botany)

干叶 乾葉 gan1 ye4
dried leaf

根深叶茂 根深葉茂 gen1 shen1 ye4 mao4
deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom); (fig.) well established and growing strongly

合叶 合葉 he2 ye4
hinge

黑喉缝叶莺 黑喉縫葉鶯 hei1 hou2 feng2 ye4 ying1
(bird species of China) dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)

红叶 紅葉 hong2 ye4
red autumnal leaves

后半叶 後半葉 hou4 ban4 ye4
latter half (of a decade, century etc)

互生叶 互生葉 hu4 sheng1 ye4
alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern)

迦叶佛 迦葉佛 jia1 ye4 fo2
Buddha Kassapa (Pāli) or Kāśyapa (Skt) (one of the Buddhas of the past)

金额叶鹎 金額葉鵯 jin1 e2 ye4 bei1
(bird species of China) golden-fronted leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons)

金头缝叶莺 金頭縫葉鶯 jin1 tou2 feng4 ye4 ying1
(bird species of China) mountain tailorbird (Phyllergates cuculatus)

金枝玉叶 金枝玉葉 jin1 zhi1 yu4 ye4
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty

枯叶 枯葉 ku1 ye4
dead leaf; withered leaf

枯叶剂 枯葉劑 ku1 ye4 ji4
Agent Orange

阔叶 闊葉 kuo4 ye4
broad-leaved (tree)

蓝翅叶鹎 藍翅葉鵯 lan2 chi4 ye4 bei1
(bird species of China) blue-winged leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)

柳叶刀 柳葉刀 liu3 ye4 dao1
lancet (surgeon's knife)

柳叶眉 柳葉眉 liu3 ye4 mei2
see 柳眉

龙利叶 龍利葉 long2 li4 ye4
Sauropus spatulifolius Beille (shrub of the Euphorbiaceae family)

龙嵩叶 龍嵩葉 long2 song1 ye4
tarragon

罗密欧与朱丽叶 羅密歐與朱麗葉 luo2 mi4 ou1 yu3 zhu1 li4 ye4
Romeo and Juliet, 1594 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚

落叶 落葉 luo4 ye4
dead leaves; to lose leaves (of plants); deciduous

落叶层 落葉層 luo4 ye4 ceng2
leaf litter

落叶归根 落葉歸根 luo4 ye4 gui1 gen1
Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬, starring 趙本山|赵本山

落叶归根 落葉歸根 luo4 ye4 gui1 gen1
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

落叶剂 落葉劑 luo4 ye4 ji4
defoliant

落叶乔木 落葉喬木 luo4 ye4 qiao2 mu4
deciduous tree

落叶松 落葉松 luo4 ye4 song1
larch tree (Pinus larix); deciduous pine tree

落叶植物 落葉植物 luo4 ye4 zhi2 wu4
deciduous plant; deciduous vegetation

绿叶 綠葉 lv4 ye4
actor playing a supporting role

梅西叶 梅西葉 mei2 xi1 ye4
Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies

梅西叶星表 梅西葉星表 mei2 xi1 ye4 xing1 biao3
Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)

末叶 末葉 mo4 ye4
final years; end (of a decade, era etc)

牡丹虽好,全凭绿叶扶持 牡丹雖好,全憑綠葉扶持 mu3 dan5 sui1 hao3 - quan2 ping2 lv4 ye4 fu2 chi2
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.

牡丹虽好,全仗绿叶扶 牡丹雖好,全仗綠葉扶 mu3 dan5 sui1 hao3 - quan2 zhang4 lv4 ye4 fu2
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.

牡丹虽好,全仗绿叶扶持 牡丹雖好,全仗綠葉扶持 mu3 dan5 sui1 hao3 - quan2 zhang4 lv4 ye4 fu2 chi2
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.

牡丹虽好,终须绿叶扶持 牡丹雖好,終須綠葉扶持 mu3 dan5 sui1 hao3 - zhong1 xu1 lv4 ye4 fu2 chi2
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.

脑叶 腦葉 nao3 ye4
lobe of the brain

嫩叶 嫩葉 nen4 ye4
newly-grown leaves; tender leaves

颞叶 顳葉 nie4 ye4
temporal lobe

牛百叶 牛百葉 niu2 bai3 ye4
omasum; beef tripe

七叶树 七葉樹 qi1 ye4 shu4
Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis)

千叶 千葉 qian1 ye4
Chiba (Japanese surname and place name)

千叶县 千葉縣 qian1 ye4 xian4
Chiba prefecture, Japan

秋风扫落叶 秋風掃落葉 qiu1 feng1 sao3 luo4 ye4
lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep

秋叶 秋葉 qiu1 ye4
autumn leaf

秋叶原 秋葉原 qiu1 ye4 yuan2
Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores

三叶草 三葉草 san1 ye4 cao3
clover; trefoil

三叶虫 三葉蟲 san1 ye4 chong2
trilobite

三叶星云 三葉星雲 san1 ye4 xing1 yun2
Trifid Nebula M20

上半叶 上半葉 shang4 ban4 ye4
the first half (of a period)

什叶 什葉 shi2 ye4
Shia (a movement in Islam)

什叶派 什葉派 shi2 ye4 pai4
Shia sect (of Islam)

树高千丈,落叶归根 樹高千丈,落葉歸根 shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 - luo4 ye4 gui1 gen1
see 樹高千丈,葉落歸根|树高千丈,叶落归根

树高千丈,叶落归根 樹高千丈,葉落歸根 shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 - ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1
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

树叶 樹葉 shu4 ye4
tree leaves

双子叶 雙子葉 shuang1 zi3 ye4
dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants)

四叶草 四葉草 si4 ye4 cao3
four-leaf clover

台湾叶鼻蝠 台灣葉鼻蝠 tai2 wan1 ye4 bi2 fu2
leaf-nosed bat

萎叶 萎葉 wei3 ye4
betel

细叶脉 細葉脈 xi4 ye4 mai4
veinlet in a leaf

香菜叶 香菜葉 xiang1 cai4 ye4
coriander leaf

香叶 香葉 xiang1 ye4
bay leaf; laurel leaf

心叶椴 心葉椴 xin1 ye4 duan4
small-leaf linden (Tilia cordata)

烟叶 煙葉 yan1 ye4
leaf tobacco

芫荽叶 芫荽葉 yan2 sui5 ye4
coriander leaf

叶鼻蝠 葉鼻蝠 ye4 bi2 fu2
see 台灣葉鼻蝠|台湾叶鼻蝠

叶柄 葉柄 ye4 bing3
petiole; leafstalk

叶城 葉城 ye4 cheng2
Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang

叶城县 葉城縣 ye4 cheng2 xian4
Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang

叶尔羌河 葉爾羌河 ye4 er3 qiang1 he2
Yarkant River in Xinjiang

叶公好龙 葉公好龍 ye4 gong1 hao4 long2
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

叶江川 葉江川 ye4 jiang1 chuan1
Ye Jiangchuan

叶卡捷琳堡 葉卡捷琳堡 ye4 ka3 jie2 lin2 bao3
Yekaterinburg (Russian city, also known as Ekaterinburg or Sverdlovsk)

叶卡捷琳娜 葉卡捷琳娜 ye4 ka3 jie2 lin2 na4
Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name); Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684-1727), Empress of Russia

叶卡特琳娜堡 葉卡特琳娜堡 ye4 ka3 te4 lin2 na4 bao3
Ekaterinaburg or Ekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk), Russian town on the Ural mountains

叶口蝠科 葉口蝠科 ye4 kou3 fu2 ke1
Phyllostomatidae (zoology)

叶礼庭 葉禮庭 ye4 li3 ting2
Michael Grant Ignatieff (1947-), leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

叶里温 葉里溫 ye4 li3 wen1
Yerevan, capital of Armenia (Tw)

叶利钦 葉利欽 ye4 li4 qin1
Yeltsin (name); Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999

叶轮 葉輪 ye4 lun2
turbine wheel

叶轮机械 葉輪機械 ye4 lun2 ji1 xie4
turbomachine

叶落归根 葉落歸根 ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home; In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.

叶绿素 葉綠素 ye4 lv4 su4
chlorophyll

叶绿体 葉綠體 ye4 lv4 ti3
chloroplast

叶脉 葉脈 ye4 mai4
venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)

叶脉序 葉脈序 ye4 mai4 xu4
leaf venation (botany); the pattern of veins on a leaf, characteristic of each species

叶门 葉門 ye4 men2
Yemen (Tw)

叶片 葉片 ye4 pian4
blade (of propellor); vane; leaf

叶片状 葉片狀 ye4 pian4 zhuang4
foliated; striated into thin leaves

叶瑟 葉瑟 ye4 se4
Jesse (name)

叶圣陶 葉聖陶 ye4 sheng4 tao2
Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books

叶酸 葉酸 ye4 suan1
folic acid

叶苔 葉苔 ye4 tai2
liverwort (Jungermannia lanceolata)

叶挺 葉挺 ye4 ting3
Ye Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader

叶伟民 葉偉民 ye4 wei3 min2
Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)

叶伟文 葉偉文 ye4 wei3 wen2
alias of 葉偉民|叶伟民

叶问 葉問 ye4 wen4
Yip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee

叶县 葉縣 ye4 xian4
Ye county in Pingdingshan 平頂山|平顶山, Henan

叶序 葉序 ye4 xu4
leaf arrangement; phyllotaxy (botany)

叶选平 葉選平 ye4 xuan3 ping2
Ye Xuanping (1924-), former Governor of Guangdong 廣東|广东

叶永烈 葉永烈 ye4 yong3 lie4
Ye Yonglie (1940-), popular science writer

叶枕 葉枕 ye4 zhen3
pulvini

叶子 葉子 ye4 zi5
foliage; leaf

叶子板 葉子板 ye4 zi5 ban3
(Taiwan) fender (automotive)

叶子列 葉子列 ye4 zi5 lie4
leaf arrangement; phyllotaxy (botany)

一叶障目 一葉障目 yi1 ye4 zhang4 mu4
lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom); fig. not seeing the wider picture; can't see the wood for the trees

一叶知秋 一葉知秋 yi1 ye4 zhi1 qiu1
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

银叶 銀葉 yin2 ye4
silver leaf

有枝有叶 有枝有葉 you3 zhi1 you3 ye4
to become bogged down in the details (idiom)

羽状复叶 羽狀複葉 yu3 zhuang4 fu4 ye4
bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy)

月桂树叶 月桂樹葉 yue4 gui4 shu4 ye4
laurel leaf; bay leaf

月桂叶 月桂葉 yue4 gui4 ye4
bay leaf; laurel leaf

针叶 針葉 zhen1 ye4
needle-leaved (tree)

针叶林 針葉林 zhen1 ye4 lin2
needle-leaved forest

针叶树 針葉樹 zhen1 ye4 shu4
conifer

针叶植物 針葉植物 zhen1 ye4 zhi2 wu4
needle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree)

枕叶 枕葉 zhen3 ye4
occipital lobe

枝叶 枝葉 zhi1 ye4
branch and leaf

纸叶子 紙葉子 zhi3 ye4 zi5
deck of playing cards

中叶 中葉 zhong1 ye4
mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period

柊叶 柊葉 zhong1 ye4
Phrynium capitatum

皱叶欧芹 皺葉歐芹 zhou4 ye4 ou1 qin2
curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum)

茱丽叶 茱麗葉 zhu1 li4 ye4
Juliet or Juliette (name)

朱丽叶 朱麗葉 zhu1 li4 ye4
Juliet or Juliette (name)

竹叶青 竹葉青 zhu2 ye4 qing1
Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)

竹叶青蛇 竹葉青蛇 zhu2 ye4 qing1 she2
Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)

子叶 子葉 zi3 ye4
cotyledon (first embryonic leaf)