"Yeh" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 葉／叶 (Yeh⁴).",
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          "ref": "1904 June, John C. Ferguson, “Educational Benefactions of Wealthy Chinese.”, in The East of Asia Magazine, Shanghai: North-China Herald Office, page 24:",
          "text": "THE most conspicuous example of a single gift to modern education in China by an individual is that of Mr. Yeh Ching-chong of Shanghai. Himself a man of humble origin and scant education, he came from Ningpo (Chinhai) to Shanghai in his youth and shared in the splendid prosperity of this rapidly developing city.[…]He left an enthusiastic supporter in the person of his eldest son, Mr. Yeh Sung-ching, who added another Tls. 100,000 to his father's gift and thus made possible the completion of handsome buildings without the necessity of withdrawing too much money from the permanent endowment.",
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  "etymology_text": "From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 葉／叶 (Yeh⁴).",
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