葉書

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”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 明信片, 郵片
Mandarin Beijing 明信片兒
Taiwan 明信片
Guilin 明信片
Xuzhou 明信片兒
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
Min Nan Xiamen 明信片
Tainan 明信片

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

Pronunciation

    Noun

    葉(は)書(がき) • (hagaki) 

    1. postcard

    Derived terms

    References
    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →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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