一葉

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	leaf; page
trad. (一葉)		一	葉
simp. (一叶)		一	叶

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīyè

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jip⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīyè [Phonetic: yíyè]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yiyè
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-yeh⁴
  - Yale: yī-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyeh
  - Palladius: ие (ije)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ jip⁶
  - Yale: yāt yihp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jip⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yib⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jiːp̚²/

Noun

一葉

a (single) leaf
(figurative) a small boat

Derived terms

一葉扁舟／一叶扁舟
一葉知秋／一叶知秋 (yīyèzhīqiū)
一葉蔽目，不見泰山／一叶蔽目，不见泰山 (yī yè bì mù, bù jiàn Tàishān)
一葉蘭／一叶兰
一葉障目，不見泰山／一叶障目，不见泰山 (yī yè zhàng mù, bù jiàn Tàishān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	葉
いち Grade: 1	よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いちよー [ìchíyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) いちよー [ìchíꜜyòò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [it͡ɕijo̞ː]

Noun

一(いち)葉(よう) • (ichiyō)

a (single) leaf
最(さい)後(ご)の一(いち)葉(よう)
Saigo no Ichiyō
The Last Leaf
(figuratively) a (single) small boat
a (single) sheet (something thin: page, etc.)

See also

References

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

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