紙葉子
Chinese
| paper | leaf; foliage; tea leaf | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (紙葉子) | 紙 | 葉子 | |
| simp. (纸叶子) | 纸 | 叶子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐyèzi
- Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhyèzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: chih3-yeh4-tzŭ5
- Yale: jř-yè-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyyeh.tzy
- Palladius: чжиецзы (čžijeczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi2 jip6 zi2
- Yale: jí yihp jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi2 jip9 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: ji2 yib6 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː³⁵ jiːp̚² t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
紙葉子
- (dated) playing card
- 農會勢盛地方，麻雀、骨牌、紙葉子，一概禁絕。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Nónghuì shìshèng dìfang, máquè, gǔpái, zhǐyèzi, yīgài jìnjué. [Pinyin]
- Where the peasant association is powerful, mahjong, dominoes and card games are completely banned.
农会势盛地方，麻雀、骨牌、纸叶子，一概禁绝。 [MSC, simp.]