葉書

Chinese

		leaf; page	book; letter
trad. (葉書)		葉	書
simp. (叶书)		叶	书

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 葉(は)書(がき) (hagaki).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ia̍p-su

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍p-su
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍p-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iabsw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iap̚⁴⁻³² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iap̚²⁴⁻² su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iap̚⁴⁻³² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iap̚⁴⁻³² su⁴⁴/

Noun

葉書

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) postcard

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 明信片 (“postcard”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		明信片, 郵片
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	明信片兒
	Taiwan	明信片
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	明信片兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	明信片
Cantonese	Guangzhou	甫士咭, 信咭
	Hong Kong	明信片, 甫士咭
Gan	Lichuan	明信片
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	明信片
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	明信片
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	明信片
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	明信片
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	明信片
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	明信片
Southern Min	Xiamen	明信片
	Tainan	明信片

Japanese

Kanji in this term
葉	書
は Grade: 3	か(き) > が(き) Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はがき [hàgákí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɡa̠kʲi]

Noun

葉(は)書(がき) or 葉書(ハガキ) • (hagaki) 

1. postcard

Derived terms

• 郵便葉書(ゆうびんはがき) (yūbin hagaki): postal service postcard

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
葉	書

Noun

葉書 • (yeopseo) (hangeul 엽서)

1. Hanja form^? of 엽서 (“postcard”).