# 茶葉
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): cháyè
       (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ ㄧㄝˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ca$^2$ ye$^{2-1}$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caa$^4$ jip$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'ca$^2$ iet$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhà-ya̍p
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ca$^2$ yab$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ca$^1$ ieh$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zo-yiq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cháyè
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ ㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cháyè
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^2$-yeh$^4$
*** Yale: chá-yè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charyeh
*** Palladius: чае (čaje)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$查夜 茶業／茶业 茶葉／茶叶
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ca$^2$ ye$^{2-1}$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: caje
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰa²¹ iɛ²¹⁻⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caa$^4$ jip$^6$
*** Yale: chàh yihp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa$^4$ jip$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ca$^4$ yib$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaː²¹ jiːp̚²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'ca$^2$ iet$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈt͡sʰa²⁴ iɛt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhà-ya̍p
*** Hakka Romanization System: ca$^ˇ$ iab
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ca$^2$ yab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa¹¹ i̯ap̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhà-ya̍p
*** Hakka Romanization System: ca$^ˇ$ (r)iab
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ca$^2$ yab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa¹¹ (j)i̯ap̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ca$^2$ yab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa¹¹ iap̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ca$^1$ ieh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰa¹¹ iəʔ²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zo-yiq
*** MiniDict: zo$^去$ yih
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zo-hhiq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zo²² ɦiɪʔ⁴⁴/

#### Noun

茶葉
* tea leaf; tea (Classifier: 片 m; 塊／块 c; 包 m c)
       Wǒ gěi nǐ zhǔnbèi le shànghǎo de cháyè. [Pinyin]
       I have prepared the finest tea leaves for you.
       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

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 茶葉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 茶葉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 茶葉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 茶葉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 茶葉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 茶葉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 茶葉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 茶葉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 茶葉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 茶葉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 茶葉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 茶葉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 茶葉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 茶, 茶葉 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 茶葉 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 茶葉 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 茶葉 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 茶葉 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 茶葉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 茶葉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 茶葉兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 茶葉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 茶葉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 茶葉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 茶葉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 茶葉, 茶葉兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 茶葉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 茶葉兒, 茶葉, 茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 茶葉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 葉子, 茶葉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 茶葉, 葉子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 茶葉子, 茶葉, 茶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 茶葉 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 茶葉 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 茶葉子, 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 茶, 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 茶葉子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 茶葉兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 茶葉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 茶葉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 茶葉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 茶葉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 茶葉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 茶葉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 茶葉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 茶葉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 茶葉 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 茶葉 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 茶葉 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 茶葉 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 茶葉, 茶米 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Nanjing (Meilin) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Nanjing (Tianluokeng, Shuyang) | 茶米 |
| Hakka | Changting | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 茶箬 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 茶米 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 茶葉, 茶米 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 茶米 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 茶心 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 茶心 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 茶心 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 茶米 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 茶米 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 茶米 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 茶心 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 茶米 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 茶米 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 茶葉 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 茶米 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 茶葉 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 茶葉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 茶葉 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 茶葉 |
| Jin | Datong | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 茶葉 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 茶葉 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Jin | Linhe | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Jin | Jining | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 茶葉 |
| Jin | Handan | 茶葉 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 茶葉兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 茶葉, 茶 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 茶茗, 茶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 茶箬 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 茶箬 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 茶箬 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 茶箬 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 茶箬 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 茶米 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 茶米 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 茶米 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 茶米 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 茶箬 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 茶箬 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 茶箬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 茶心, 茶箬, 茶米 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 茶心 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 茶心, 茶箬 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 茶箬, 茶米 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 茶心, 茶米 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 茶心, 茶米, 茶箬 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 茶米 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 茶米 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 茶心, 茶箬 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 茶心 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 茶心, 茶箬仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 茶心, 茶箬仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 茶心, 茶箬 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 茶心, 茶米 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 茶心, 茶米 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 茶心, 茶米 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 茶心 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 茶箬, 茶米, 茶心 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 茶米 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 茶心 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 茶箬, 茶米 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 茶米, 茶心 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 茶心 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 茶心 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 茶心 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 茶心, 茶米, 茶箬 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 茶箬 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 茶箬 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 茶箬 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 茶米, 茶香 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 茶米 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 茶米 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 茶箬 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 茶箬 unprocessed, 茶芽 processed |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 茶箬 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 茶箬, 茶心 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 茶箬, 茶心 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 茶箬, 茶心 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 茶箬, 茶乾 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 茶箬 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 茶葉 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 茶葉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 茶葉 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 茶葉 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 茶葉 |
| Wu | Danyang | 茶葉 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 茶葉 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 茶葉 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 茶葉 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 茶葉 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 茶葉子, 蝦子 humorous |
| Xiang | Loudi | 茶 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 茶葉 |

##### Derived terms

* 茶葉末／茶叶末
* 茶葉茶／茶叶茶
* 茶葉蛋／茶叶蛋 (cháyèdàn)
* 茶葉食品／茶叶食品
* 茶葉鹼／茶叶碱

#### Descendants

* → 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

* (Tokyo) ちゃば [cháꜜbà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [t͡ɕa̠ba̠]

#### Noun

茶(ちゃ)葉(ば) • (chaba)
* 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: [t͡ɕa̠jo̞ː]

#### Noun

茶(ちゃ)葉(よう) • (chayō)
* tea leaf

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 茶 | 葉 |

### Noun

茶葉 • (dayeop) (hangeul 다엽)
* hanja form of 다엽 (“tea leaf”)