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

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
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

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

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])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕa̠jo̞ː]

Noun

茶(ちゃ)葉(よう) • (chayō) ←ちやえふ (tyaefu)?

  1. tea leaf

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
茶葉

Noun

茶葉 • (dayeop) (hangeul 다엽)

  1. Hanja form? of 다엽 (“tea leaf”).
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