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

  (Pinyin): zhǐyèzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² jip⁶ zi²

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• 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/
• 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/

Noun

紙葉子

1. (dated) playing card

   • 農會勢盛地方，麻雀、骨牌、紙葉子，一概禁絕。 [MSC, trad.]
     农会势盛地方，麻雀、骨牌、纸叶子，一概禁绝。 [MSC, simp.]

     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.

Synonyms

• 紙牌／纸牌 (zhǐpái)