便函

Chinese

		advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself	envelope; case; letter
simp. and trad. (便函)		便	函

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànhán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ haam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piān-hâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànhán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànhán
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-han²
    • Yale: byàn-hán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannharn
    • Palladius: бяньхань (bjanʹxanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ xän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin⁶ haam⁴
    • Yale: bihn hàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ haam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ ham⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²² haːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-hâm
    • Tâi-lô: piān-hâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piexnhaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ ham²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻²² ham²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ ham¹³/

Noun

便函

1. informal letter sent by an organization

Coordinate terms

• 公函 (gōnghán)
• 私函 (sīhán)