孖葉

Chinese

FWOTD – 17 December 2023

		twins	leaf; page
trad. (孖葉)		孖	葉
simp. (孖叶)		孖	叶
Literally: “double leaves”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa¹ jip^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa¹ jip^6-2
    • Yale: mā yíp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa¹ jip^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma¹ yib^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː⁵⁵ jiːp̚²⁻³⁵/

Noun

孖葉

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) handcuffs

   落孖葉／落孖叶 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  lok⁶ maa¹ jip^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to be handcuffed

   • 2016 May 22, 鄭治祖, “之鋒扮被扣孖葉 網民踢爆「唔專業」”, in 《文匯報》 [Wen Wei Po], page A9:

     網民紛紛恥笑，黃之鋒是扮被扣孖葉，以營造其「英雄」形象，但就「扮得好唔專業」，更證明他由衝擊到被捕，只不過是「扮（嘢）」。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     网民纷纷耻笑，黄之锋是扮被扣孖叶，以营造其「英雄」形象，但就「扮得好唔专业」，更证明他由冲击到被捕，只不过是「扮（嘢）」。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     mong⁵ man⁴ fan¹ fan¹ ci² siu³, wong⁴ zi¹ fung¹ si⁶ baan⁶ bei⁶ kau³ maa¹ jip^6-2, ji⁵ jing⁴ zou⁶ kei⁴ “jing¹ hung⁴” jing⁴ zoeng⁶, daan⁶ zau⁶ “baan⁶ dak¹ hou² m⁴ zyun¹ jip⁶”, gang³ zing³ ming⁴ taa¹ jau⁴ cung¹ gik¹ dou³ bei⁶ bou⁶, zi² bat¹ gwo³ si⁶ “baan⁶ (je⁵)”. [Jyutping]

     Many netizens ridiculed, saying that Joshua Wong faked being locked in handcuffs to create a "heroic" image, but "was faked it very unprofessionally", further proving that he has just been "faking (it)" from assault to arrest.

   • 2020 January 15, 烈火, 暴政下的抗爭 [Fighting Against Tyranny], Hong Kong: 基督教中福教會出版部, →ISBN, page 95:

     在9月1日早上，她被警員從睡夢中叫醒，隨即上「孖葉」，被送上一架全黑色的巴士。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     在9月1日早上，她被警员从睡梦中叫醒，随即上「孖叶」，被送上一架全黑色的巴士。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zoi⁶ 9 jyut⁶ 1 jat⁶ zou² soeng⁶, taa¹ bei⁶ ging² jyun⁴ cung⁴ seoi⁶ mung⁶ zung¹ giu³ seng², ceoi⁴ zik¹ soeng⁵ “maa¹ jip^6-2”, bei⁶ sung³ soeng⁵ jat¹ gaa³ cyun⁴ hak¹ sik¹ dik¹ baa¹ si^6-2. [Jyutping]

     In the morning of September 1, she was woken up from the dream by the police. She was immediately put in handcuffs and brought onto a completely black bus.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 手銬 (“handcuffs”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手銬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	手銬子, 手捧子, 手鐲
	Taiwan	手銬
	Chengde	手銬
	Chifeng	手銬子, 手銬
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	手銬子, 手銬
	Heihe	手銬子, 手銬
	Qiqihar	手銬子, 手銬
	Harbin	手銬, 手銬子, 手捧子, 手扣子
	Jiamusi	手扣子, 手扣
	Baicheng	手銬子
	Changchun	手扣子
	Tonghua	手銬子, 手銬
	Shenyang	手銬子
	Jinzhou	手銬子, 手銬
	Singapore	手銬
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	銬子
	Tangshan	手銬子
	Cangzhou	手銬子
	Baoding	手銬子, 手銬
	Shijiazhuang	手銬子
	Lijin	手銬
	Jinan	手銬
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	手銬
	Dandong	手銬子, 手捧子
	Yantai	手銬
	Qingdao	手銬, 銬子
	Zhucheng	手銬子, 手銬
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	手銬
	Lingbao	手銬兒, 手冑
	Jining	手銬
	Wanrong	手肘
	Linfen	銬子
	Shangqiu	手銬
	Yuanyang	手銬
	Zhengzhou	手扣
	Lingbao	手銬兒, 手冑
	Xinyang	手銬
	Baihe	手銬子
	Xi'an	手銬子, 手銬, 手肘
	Baoji	手銬, 銬子
	Tianshui	手銬
	Xining	手銬
	Xuzhou	手銬, 銬子, 洋手錶 humorous, 洋鐲子 humorous
	Fuyang	手銬子, 手銬
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	手銬子, 手銬, 銬子
	Lanzhou	手銬, 銬子
	Dunhuang	手銬
	Hami	手銬
	Ürümqi	手銬
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	手銬, 銬子
	Nanchong	手銬子, 手銬
	Dazhou	手銬
	Hanyuan	手銬
	Xichang	手銬
	Zigong	手銬
	Chongqing	手銬子, 手銬
	Wuhan	手銬, 銬子
	Yichang	手銬
	Xiangyang	手銬
	Tianmen	手銬
	Guiyang	手銬
	Zunyi	手銬
	Bijie	手銬
	Liping	手銬
	Zhaotong	手銬
	Dali	手銬
	Kunming	手銬, 銀鐲
	Mengzi	手銬, 手卡
	Guilin	手銬
	Liuzhou	手銬子, 手銬
	Jishou	手銬
	Changde	銬子
	Hanzhong	手銬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	銬子, 手銬
	Yangzhou	手銬, 手銬子, 銬子
	Lianyungang	手銬, 銬子
	Lianshui	手銬子
	Nantong	手銬
	Anqing	手銬
	Wuhu	手銬子, 手銬
	Hefei	手銬
	Hong'an	手銬, 銬子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手銬, 手鐐
	Hong Kong	手扣, 孖葉 slang
	Dongguan	手銬, 手鐐
Gan	Lichuan	手鐐
	Pingxiang	手銬
Hakka	Meixian	手扣, 手鐐
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	手鐐, 手扣
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	手鐐
	Yudu	手銬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手銬仔, 手枷仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手銬仔, 手枷仔
Huizhou	Jixi	手銬
	Shexian	手銬
Jin	Taiyuan	銬子, 手銬子
	Yangyuan	手銬, 鋼鐲
	Datong	銬子
	Xinzhou	手銬子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	手銬子
	Changzhi	手銬子, 手銬
	Linhe	手銬子, 手銬
	Jining	手銬子
	Hohhot	手銬子
	Erenhot	手銬子
	Pingshan	手銬子
	Zhangjiakou	手銬子
	Handan	手銬子
	Linzhou	手銬
	Suide	手鐲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	手銬
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	手銬, 手鎖
Southern Min	Xiamen	手銬
	Quanzhou	手銬
	Zhangzhou	手銬
	Tainan	手銬
	Haikou	手鎖
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	手銬, 手鐐
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	手銬, 手鐐
Wu	Shanghai	手銬, 八零八 slang
	Shanghai (Chongming)	手銬, 手鏈條
	Suzhou	手銬
	Danyang	手銬
	Hangzhou	手銬
	Ningbo	手銬, 洋銬, 八零八 humorous
	Wenzhou	手銬
	Jinhua	手銬
Xiang	Loudi	手扣子