Chinese Word Entry

綠葉

Simplified Chinese form: 绿叶

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˋ ㄧㄝˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): lǜ yè
Cantonese (Jyutping): luk6 jip6
Definitions:
  1. green leaf

  2. (fig) actor playing a supporting role


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Chinese characters used in this word

green, chlorine
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄨˋ (lù), ㄌㄩˋ (lǜ)
Cantonese: luk6
Japanese: リョク (ryoku)、 ロク (roku) / みどり (midori)
Korean: 녹 (nog), 록 (rog)
Vietnamese: lục
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: 绿
Simplified Japanese form:
Semantic variant form:

leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece, petal, page of book, period
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ (xié), ㄧㄝˋ (yè), ㄕㄜˋ (shè)
Cantonese: jip6
Japanese: ヨウ (you)、 ショウ (shou) / は (ha)
Korean: 엽 (yeob), 섭 (seob)
Vietnamese: diệp
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: