信箱

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	box; trunk; chest
trad. (信箱)		信	箱
simp. #(信箱)		信	箱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ soeng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-siông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-siuⁿ / sìn-sioⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìnxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnsiang
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-hsiang¹
    • Yale: syìn-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnshiang
    • Palladius: синьсян (sinʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³ soeng¹
    • Yale: seun sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ sœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-siông
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin xiong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ xiong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ si̯oŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-siuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-siunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siensviw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siũ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ siũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ siũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ siũ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-sioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-sionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siensvioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ siɔ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

信箱

1. mailbox; letter box (private receptacle)
2. post-office box (box in post office station)
3. post box (public collection box)
4. Short for 語音信箱／语音信箱 (yǔyīn xìnxiāng, “voice mail”).
5. Short for 電子郵箱／电子邮箱 (diànzǐ yóuxiāng, “electronic mailbox; e-mailbox; inbox”).

Synonyms

• (letter box): 郵箱／邮箱 (yóuxiāng); (Hokkien) 批箱
• (post box): 郵箱／邮箱 (yóuxiāng), 郵筒／邮筒 (yóutǒng); (obsolete or Taiwanese Hokkien, Northeastern Mandarin) 郵便箱／邮便箱 (yóubiànxiāng); (Jin) 信筒; (Hokkien) 批箱, 批筒
• (electronic mailbox):

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• 郵箱／邮箱 (yóuxiāng) (short form)
• 電子信箱／电子信箱 (diànzǐ xìnxiāng)
• 電子郵箱／电子邮箱 (diànzǐ yóuxiāng)

 

Derived terms

• 語音信箱／语音信箱 (yǔyīn xìnxiāng)
• 郵政信箱／邮政信箱 (yóuzhèng xìnxiāng)
• 電子信箱／电子信箱 (diànzǐ xìnxiāng)

 

Descendants

• → Bouyei: xinqxiangy
• → Zhuang: saenqsieng, sinsiengh

Further reading

• “Entry #52437”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.