松葉

Chinese

		pine	leaf; page
trad. (松葉)		松	葉
simp. (松叶)		松	叶

Noun

松葉

1. (dialectal Cantonese, Hainanese, Pinghua, Danyang Wu) pine needle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 松針 (“pine needle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		松針
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	松針, 松樹毛 fallen from tree, 松樹毛子 fallen from tree
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	松針
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	松針
	Xining	松針
	Xuzhou	松針
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	松針
	Ürümqi	松葉兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	松毛, 松毛兒, 松針
	Wuhan	松毛
	Guiyang	松毛
	Liuzhou	松樹葉 still attached to tree, 松毛 fallen from tree
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	松針
	Yangzhou	松針
Cantonese	Guangzhou	松毛
	Dongguan	松葉
Gan	Nanchang	松毛
	Lichuan	松毛衣
	Pingxiang	松毛
Hakka	Meixian	生松毛 attached to tree, 松樹葉 attached to tree, 松毛 fallen from tree, 松毛茸 fell on the ground without twigs
	Yudu	生松毛 attached to tree, 松毛
Huizhou	Jixi	松毛
Jin	Taiyuan	松圪針
	Xinzhou	松葉子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	松毛鬚, 松毛針
Southern Min	Xiamen	松鬍鬚
	Shantou	松針, 松毛
	Haikou	松葉, 松樹葉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	松葉
Wu	Shanghai	松針
	Shanghai (Chongming)	松針
	Suzhou	松針
	Danyang	松葉
	Hangzhou	松針
	Ningbo	松毛, 松毛絲
	Wenzhou	松樹毛 of horsetail pine, 樹毛 of horsetail pine
	Jinhua	松毛
Xiang	Changsha	松毛鬚
	Loudi	松毛鬚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
松	葉
まつ Grade: 4	は > ば Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

松(まつ) (matsu, “pine”) + 葉(は) (ha, “leaf”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まつば [máꜜtsùbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɨba̠]

Noun

松(まつ)葉(ば) • (matsuba) 

1. pine needle

Derived terms

• 松葉菊(マツバギク) (matsuba-giku)
• 松葉崩(まつばくず)し (matsubakuzushi, “a sex position in which a man sits astride one of the woman's legs whilst holding up the other”)
• 松(まつ)葉(ば)杖(づえ) (matsubazue)
• 松葉人参(マツバニンジン) (matsuba ninjin)
• 松葉牡丹(マツバボタン) (matsuba botan)

Proper noun

松(まつ)葉(ば) • (Matsuba) 

1. A place name.
2. a surname