葉〔叶〕 jip⁶ {yè}

(noun) Chinese surname

葉〔叶〕 jip⁶ {yè}

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

葉〔叶〕 jip⁶ {Yè}

surname Ye

葉菜〔叶-〕 jip⁶ coi³ {yè cài}

Leafy vegetable

叶韻〔-韵〕 hip⁶ wan⁵ {xié yùn}

1. to rhyme
2. also written 協韻

葉柄〔叶-〕 jip⁶ beng³ {yè bǐng}

1. petiole
2. leafstalk

葉縣〔叶县〕 jip⁶ jyun⁶ {Yè xiàn}

Ye county in Pingdingshan 平頂山, Henan

葉輪〔叶轮〕 jip⁶ leon⁴ {yè lún}

turbine wheel

葉脈〔叶脉〕 jip⁶ mak⁶ {yè mài}

venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)

葉問〔叶问〕 jip⁶ man⁶ {Yè Wèn}

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

葉門〔叶门〕 jip⁶ mun⁴ {Yè mén}

Yemen (Tw)

葉片〔叶-〕 jip⁶ pin³ {yè piàn}

1. blade (of propellor)
2. vane
3. leaf

葉瑟〔叶-〕 jip⁶ sat¹ {Yè sè}

Jesse (name)

葉城〔叶-〕 jip⁶ sing⁴ {Yè chéng}

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

葉酸〔叶-〕 jip⁶ syun¹ {yè suān}

folic acid

葉挺〔叶-〕 jip⁶ ting⁵ {Yè Tǐng}

Ye Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader

葉苔〔叶-〕 jip⁶ toi⁴ {yè tái}

liverwort (Jungermannia lanceolata)

葉枕〔叶-〕 jip⁶ zam² {yè zhěn}

pulvini

葉序〔叶-〕 jip⁶ zeoi⁶ {yè xù}

1. leaf arrangement
2. phyllotaxy (botany)

葉子〔叶-〕 jip⁶ zi² {yè zi}

1. foliage
2. leaf
3. CL: 片

葉國謙〔叶国谦〕 jip⁶ gwok³ him¹ {yè guó qiān}

Ip Kwok-him, name of a Hong Kong politician

葉世榮〔叶-荣〕 jip⁶ sai³ wing⁴ {yè shì róng}

Yip Sai Wing, name of a Hong Kong singer

葉蘊儀〔叶-仪〕 jip⁶ wan² ji⁴ {yè wēn yí}

Gloria Yip Wan-Yee, name of a Hong Kong actress

葉江川〔叶--〕 jip⁶ gong¹ cyun¹ {Yè Jiāng chuān}

Ye Jiangchuan

葉禮庭〔叶礼-〕 jip⁶ lai⁵ ting⁴ {yè lǐ tíng}

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

葉里溫〔叶-温〕 jip⁶ lei⁵ wan¹ {Yè lǐ wēn}

Yerevan, capital of Armenia (Tw)

葉利欽〔叶-钦〕 jip⁶ lei⁶ jam¹ {Yè lì qīn}

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

葉綠素〔叶绿-〕 jip⁶ luk⁶ sou³ {yè lǜ sù}

chlorophyll

葉綠體〔叶绿体〕 jip⁶ luk⁶ tai² {yè lǜ tǐ}

chloroplast

葉脈序〔叶脉-〕 jip⁶ mak⁶ zeoi⁶ {yè mài xù}

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

葉片狀〔叶-状〕 jip⁶ pin³ zong⁶ {yè piàn zhuàng}

1. foliated
2. striated into thin leaves

葉聖陶〔叶圣-〕 jip⁶ sing³ tou⁴ {Yè Shèng táo}

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

葉城縣〔叶-县〕 jip⁶ sing⁴ jyun⁶ {Yè chéng xiàn}

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

葉選平〔叶选-〕 jip⁶ syun² ping⁴ {Yè Xuǎn píng}

Ye Xuanping (1924-), former Governor of Guangdong 廣東

葉偉文〔叶伟-〕 jip⁶ wai⁵ man⁴ {Yè Wěi wén}

alias of 葉偉民

葉偉民〔叶伟-〕 jip⁶ wai⁵ man⁴ {Yè Wěi mín}

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

葉永烈〔叶--〕 jip⁶ wing⁵ lit⁶ {Yè Yǒng liè}

Ye Yonglie (1940-), popular science writer

葉子板〔叶--〕 jip⁶ zi² baan² {yè zi bǎn}

(Taiwan) fender (automotive)

葉子列〔叶--〕 jip⁶ zi² lit⁶ {yè zi liè}

1. leaf arrangement
2. phyllotaxy (botany)

葉劉淑儀〔叶刘-仪〕 jip⁶ lau⁴ suk⁶ ji⁴ {yè liú shū yí}

Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, name of a Hong Kong politician

葉公好龍〔叶--龙〕 jip⁶ gung¹ hou³ lung⁴ {Yè Gōng hào lóng}

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

葉口蝠科〔叶---〕 jip⁶ hau² fuk¹ fo¹ {yè kǒu fú kē}

Phyllostomatidae (zoology)

葉爾羌河〔叶尔--〕 jip⁶ ji⁵ goeng¹ ho⁴ {Yè ěr qiāng Hé}

Yarkant River in Xinjiang

葉輪機械〔叶轮机-〕 jip⁶ leon⁴ gei¹ haai⁶ {yè lún jī xiè}

turbomachine

葉落歸根〔叶-归-〕 jip⁶ lok⁶ gwai¹ gan¹ {yè luò guī gēn}

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

葉卡捷琳堡〔叶----〕 jip⁶ kaa¹ zit⁶ lam⁴ bou² {Yè kǎ jié lín bǎo}

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

葉卡捷琳娜〔叶----〕 jip⁶ kaa¹ zit⁶ lam⁴ naa⁴ {Yè kǎ jié lín nà}

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

葉卡特琳娜堡〔叶-----〕 jip⁶ kaa¹ dak⁶ lam⁴ naa⁴ bou² {Yè kǎ tè lín nà bǎo}

Ekaterinaburg or Ekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk), Russian town on the Ural mountains