| 叶 | yè | leaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; surname Ye |
| 叶片 | yè piàn | blade (of propellor); vane; leaf |
| 叶子 | yè zi | foliage; leaf; CL:片 |
| 茶叶 | chá yè | tea; tea-leaves; CL:盒,罐,包,片 |
| 叶轮 | yè lún | turbine wheel |
| 落叶 | luò yè | dead leaves; to lose leaves (of plants); deciduous |
| 烟叶 | yān yè | leaf tobacco |
| 中叶 | zhōng yè | mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period |
| 叶绿素 | yè lǜ sù | chlorophyll |
| 朱丽叶 | Zhū lì yè | Juliet or Juliette (name) |
| 针叶树 | zhēn yè shù | conifer |
| 落叶松 | luò yè sōng | larch tree (Pinus larix); deciduous pine tree |
| 枝叶 | zhī yè | branch and leaf |
| 绿叶 | lǜ yè | green leaf |
| 叶柄 | yè bǐng | petiole; leafstalk |
| 子叶 | zǐ yè | cotyledon (first embryonic leaf) |
| 针叶林 | zhēn yè lín | needle-leaved forest |
| 红叶 | hóng yè | red autumnal leaves |
| 傅立叶 | Fù lì yè | Francois-Maire Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837) |
| 叶脉 | yè mài | venation (pattern of veins on a leaf) |
| 顶叶 | dǐng yè | parietal lobe |
| 叶绿体 | yè lǜ tǐ | chloroplast |
| 叶酸 | yè suān | folic acid |
| 末叶 | mò yè | final years; end (of a decade, era etc) |
| 粗枝大叶 | cū zhī dà yè | thick stems and broad leaves (idiom); boorish; rough and ready; sloppy |
| 叶挺 | Yè Tǐng | Ye Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader |
| 三叶星云 | Sān yè xīng yún | Trifid Nebula M20 |
| 三叶草 | sān yè cǎo | clover; trefoil |
| 三叶虫 | sān yè chóng | trilobite |
| 上半叶 | shàng bàn yè | the first half (of a period) |
| 不完全叶 | bù wán quán yè | incomplete leaf |
| 互生叶 | hù shēng yè | alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern) |
| 什叶 | Shí yè | Shia (a movement in Islam) |
| 什叶派 | Shí yè pài | Shia sect (of Islam) |
| 傅立叶变换 | Fù lì yè biàn huàn | (math.) a Fourier transform |
| 傅里叶 | Fù lǐ yè | Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830) |
| 刀叶 | dāo yè | blade |
| 初叶 | chū yè | early part (of a decade, century etc); the first years |
| 千叶 | Qiān yè | Chiba, Japan |
| 千叶县 | Qiān yè xiàn | Chiba prefecture, Japan |
| 台湾叶鼻蝠 | Tái wān Yè bí fú | leaf-nosed bat |
| 叶韵 | xié yùn | to rhyme; also written 协韵 |
| 合叶 | hé yè | hinge |
| 吹叶机 | chuī yè jī | leaf blower (machine) |
| 单子叶 | dān zǐ yè | monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies) |
| 单叶双曲面 | dān yè shuāng qū miàn | hyperboloid of one sheet (math.) |
| 多叶 | duō yè | leafy |
| 大叶性肺炎 | dà yè xìng fèi yán | lobar pneumonia |
| 嫩叶 | nèn yè | newly-grown leaves; tender leaves |
| 后半叶 | hòu bàn yè | latter half (of a decade, century etc) |
