On Apr 9, 12:25Â*pm, "Space Cowboy" wrote:
Lew,
I'll respond to you. Â*You,et al,say it is a different Ye. Â*Plug this
string into Google to see the companies that use ChaYe in their name:
茶å¶å…¬å¸
It means Cha(Ye) GongSi or Tea(Leaf) Company. Â*The Ye second character
means leaf and is 'silent'. Â*If the use were limited I would agree it
has an alternate meaning like industry or dry leaf as suggested. Â*One
of my dictionaries says ChaYe means tea as the first translation, and
tea leaves as the second. Â*Chinese meaning is taken from the usage so
I don't see why ChaYe would be required in a company name versus Cha
or even on a menu.
Jim
On Apr 9, 12:26Â*pm, Lewis Perin wrote:
In addition to Phyll's point about Cha Ye referring to the leaves as
opposed to the beverage, there's also another word Ye having nothing
to do with leaves. Â*When it's used in the name of a tea company, Cha
Ye more or less means "tea company", not "tea leaves".
/Lew
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Never heard of a Chinese character used silently
(of course, you say, it's silent! So how can you hear it?
