茶葉

See also: 茶叶

Chinese

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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 茶葉

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

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		茶葉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	茶葉
	Taiwan	茶葉
	Harbin	茶葉
	Singapore	茶葉
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	茶, 茶葉
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	茶葉
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	茶葉
	Wanrong	茶葉
	Zhengzhou	茶葉, 茶葉兒
	Xi'an	茶葉兒
	Xining	茶葉
	Xuzhou	葉子, 茶葉
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	茶葉, 茶
	Lanzhou	茶葉子
	Ürümqi	茶葉子, 茶葉
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	茶, 茶葉
	Wuhan	茶葉
	Guiyang	茶葉
	Guilin	茶葉
	Liuzhou	茶葉
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	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, Xiangzhou)	茶葉
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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
	Fuzhou (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
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	茶心
	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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (茶葉):

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

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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).

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
茶	葉

Noun

茶葉 • (dayeop) (hangeul 다엽)

1. hanja form^? of 다엽 (“tea leaf”)