茶葉

See also: 茶叶

Chinese

Etymology 1

		tea; tea plant	leaf; page
trad. (茶葉)		茶	葉
simp. (茶叶)		茶	叶
alternative forms		茶箬 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): cháyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ ㄧㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ca² ye^2-1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa⁴ jip⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'ca² iet⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhà-ya̍p

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ca² yab⁶

• Jin (Wiktionary): ca¹ ieh⁴
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zo-yiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháyè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²-yeh⁴
    • Yale: chá-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charyeh
    • Palladius: чае (čaje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ca² ye^2-1
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: caje
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa²¹ iɛ²¹⁻⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa⁴ jip⁶
    • Yale: chàh yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa⁴ jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca⁴ yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː²¹ jiːp̚²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'ca² iet⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡sʰa²⁴ iɛt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhà-ya̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: caˇ iab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ca² yab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa¹¹ i̯ap̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhà-ya̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: caˇ (r)iab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ca² yab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa¹¹ (j)i̯ap̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ca² yab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa¹¹ iap̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ca¹ ieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰa¹¹ iəʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zo-yiq
    • MiniDict: zo^去 yih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zo-hhiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zo²² ɦiɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

茶葉

1. tea leaf; tea (Classifier: 片 m; 塊／块 c; 包 m c)

   我給你準備了上好的茶葉。 [MSC, trad.]
   我给你准备了上好的茶叶。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ gěi nǐ zhǔnbèi le shànghǎo de cháyè. [Pinyin]

   I have prepared the finest tea leaves for you.

   他居然沒有給客人準備煙、酒、飲料、糖、瓜子或茶葉。 [MSC, trad.]
   他居然没有给客人准备烟、酒、饮料、糖、瓜子或茶叶。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā jūrán méiyǒu gěi kèrén zhǔnbèi yān, jiǔ, yǐnliào, táng, guāzǐ huò cháyè. [Pinyin]

   Unexpectedly, he hadn't prepared cigarettes, liquor or other beverages, sweets, melon seeds, or tea for the guests.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 茶葉 (“tea leaf”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		茶葉
Mandarin	Beijing	茶葉
	Taiwan	茶葉
	Harbin	茶葉
	Yantai (Muping)	茶葉
	Jinan	茶, 茶葉
	Luoyang	茶葉
	Wanrong	茶葉
	Zhengzhou	茶葉, 茶葉兒
	Xi'an	茶葉兒
	Yinchuan	茶葉, 茶
	Lanzhou	茶葉子
	Xining	茶葉
	Ürümqi	茶葉子, 茶葉
	Wuhan	茶葉
	Chengdu	茶, 茶葉
	Guiyang	茶葉
	Guilin	茶葉
	Liuzhou	茶葉
	Xuzhou	葉子, 茶葉
	Nanjing	茶葉
	Singapore	茶葉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	茶葉
	Hong Kong	茶葉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	茶葉
	Macau	茶葉
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	茶葉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	茶葉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	茶葉
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	茶葉
	Foshan	茶葉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	茶葉
	Foshan (Shunde)	茶葉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	茶葉
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	茶葉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	茶葉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	茶葉
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	茶葉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	茶葉
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	茶葉
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	茶葉
	Taishan	茶葉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	茶葉
	Enping (Niujiang)	茶葉
	Heshan (Yayao)	茶葉
	Dongguan	茶葉
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	茶葉
	Shaoguan	茶葉
	Yunfu	茶葉
	Xinyi	茶葉
	Lianjiang	茶葉
	Nanning	茶葉
	Wuzhou	茶葉
	Yulin	茶葉
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	茶葉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	茶葉
Gan	Nanchang	茶葉
	Lichuan	茶葉
	Pingxiang	茶葉
Hakka	Meixian	茶葉, 茶米
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	茶葉
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	茶葉
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	茶葉
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	茶葉
	Conghua (Lütian)	茶葉
	Yudu	茶葉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	茶米
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	茶米, 茶心
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	茶米
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	茶米
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	茶米
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	茶米
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	茶葉
	Singkawang	茶米
Huizhou	Jixi	茶葉
Jin	Taiyuan	茶葉
	Xinzhou	茶葉
	Hohhot	茶葉
Northern Min	Jian'ou	茶茗, 茶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	茶箬
	Changle	茶箬
	Fuqing	茶箬
	Yongtai	茶箬
	Gutian	茶箬
	Fu'an	茶米
	Ningde	茶米
	Shouning	茶米
	Zhouning	茶米
	Fuding	茶箬
	Matsu	茶箬
	Singapore (Fuqing)	茶箬
Southern Min	Xiamen	茶心, 茶箬, 茶米
	Quanzhou	茶心, 茶箬
	Zhangzhou	茶箬, 茶米
	Taipei	茶心, 茶米
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	茶米
	Kaohsiung	茶心, 茶箬
	Yilan	茶心, 茶米
	Changhua (Lukang)	茶心
	Taichung	茶米
	Tainan	茶心
	Hsinchu	茶米, 茶心
	Kinmen	茶心
	Penghu (Magong)	茶心
	Singapore (Hokkien)	茶箬
	Manila (Hokkien)	茶箬
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	茶箬
	Chaozhou	茶米, 茶香
	Shantou	茶米
	Jieyang	茶米
	Leizhou	茶箬 unprocessed, 茶芽 processed
	Haikou	茶箬
Puxian Min	Putian	茶箬, 茶心
	Xianyou	茶箬, 茶心
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	茶葉
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	茶葉
Wu	Shanghai	茶葉
	Shanghai (Chongming)	茶葉
	Suzhou	茶葉
	Danyang	茶葉
	Hangzhou	茶葉
	Ningbo	茶葉
	Wenzhou	茶葉
	Jinhua	茶葉
Xiang	Changsha	茶葉子, 蝦子 humorous
	Loudi	茶
	Quanzhou	茶葉

Derived terms

• 茶葉末／茶叶末
• 茶葉茶／茶叶茶
• 茶葉蛋／茶叶蛋 (cháyèdàn)
• 茶葉食品／茶叶食品
• 茶葉鹼／茶叶碱

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (茶葉):

• → Japanese: 茶葉(ちゃよう) (chayō)
• → Korean: 다엽(茶葉) (dayeop)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 茶葉 – see 茶箬 (“tea leaf”). (This term is a variant form of 茶箬).

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
茶	葉
ちゃ Grade: 2	は > ば Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Compound of 茶 (cha, “tea”) +‎ 葉 (ha, “leaf”). The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゃ​ば [cháꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠ba̠]

Noun

茶(ちゃ)葉(ば) • (chaba) 

1. tea leaf

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
茶	葉
ちゃ Grade: 2	よう Grade: 3
kan’yōon	on’yomi

/t͡ɕajepu/ → /t͡ɕajefu/ → /t͡ɕajeu/ → /t͡ɕajoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 茶葉 (MC drae yep, “tea leaf”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゃよー [chàyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠jo̞ː]

Noun

茶(ちゃ)葉(よう) • (chayō) ^{←ちやえふ (tyaefu)?}

1. tea leaf

Korean

Hanja in this term
茶	葉

Noun

茶葉 • (dayeop) (hangeul 다엽)

1. Hanja form^? of 다엽 (“tea leaf”).