mass noun
1- a hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite玉; 翡翠, 硬玉; 软玉。
1.1
- count noun an ornament made of this玉雕; 玉制品。
1.2
- a light bluish-green绿玉色的：
as modifier a baggy jade T-shirt.一件宽松的绿玉色T 恤。
词源
late 16th cent.: from French le jade （earlier l'ejade）, from Spanish piedra de ijada 'stone of the flank' （i.e. stone for colic, which it was believed to cure）.