信件
Chinese
[edit]letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence |
a measure word for thing, clothes, item | ||
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| simp. and trad. (信件) |
信 | 件 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): seon3 gin6-2 / seon3 gin6
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìnjiàn
- Wade–Giles: hsin4-chien4
- Yale: syìn-jyàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnjiann
- Palladius: синьцзянь (sinʹczjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seon3 gin6-2 / seon3 gin6
- Yale: seun gín / seun gihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: soen3 gin6-2 / soen3 gin6
- Guangdong Romanization: sên3 gin6-2 / sên3 gin6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵn³³ kiːn²²⁻³⁵/, /sɵn³³ kiːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]信件
- (collective) letter; written message; correspondence (Classifier: 封 m c)
Synonyms
[edit]- 信
- 信函 (xìnhán)
- 信札 (xìnzhá)
- 八行 (bāháng) (literary)
- 八行書／八行书 (bāhángshū) (literary)
- 函件 (hánjiàn)
- 手書／手书 (shǒushū) (literary)
- 手簡／手简 (shǒujiǎn) (literary)
- 書／书 (shū) (literary, or in compounds)
- 書信／书信 (shūxìn) (formal)
- 書函／书函 (shūhán)
- 書札／书札 (shūzhá) (literary)
- 書牘／书牍 (shūdú) (literary)
- 書簡／书简 (shūjiǎn) (literary)
- 筆札／笔札 (bǐzhá) (literary, figurative)
- 簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 鴻／鸿 (hóng) (literary, figurative)
Descendants
[edit]- → Bouyei: xinqjianq
- → Zhuang: saenqgienh