葉書

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Chinese

leaf; page book; letter
trad. (葉書) 葉 書
simp. (叶书) 叶 书

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 葉(は)書(がき) (hagaki).

Pronunciation

Noun

葉書

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) postcard

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 明信片 (“postcard”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 明信片, 郵片
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 明信片兒
Taiwan 明信片
Central Plains Mandarin Xuzhou 明信片兒
Southwestern Mandarin Guilin 明信片
Cantonese Guangzhou 甫士咭, 信咭
Hong Kong 明信片, 甫士咭
Gan Lichuan 明信片
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 明信片
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 明信片
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 明信片
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 明信片
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 明信片
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 明信片
Southern Min Xiamen 明信片
Tainan 明信片
Shantou 明信片
Jieyang 明信片

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
葉 書
は
Grade: 3 		か(き) > が(き)
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

葉(は)書(がき) or 葉書(ハガキ) • (hagaki) 

  1. postcard

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
葉書

Noun

葉書 • (yeopseo) (hangeul 엽서)

  1. hanja form? of 엽서 (“postcard”)
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