寫信

See also: 写信

Chinese

		to write	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
trad. (寫信)		寫	信
simp. (写信)		写	信

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiěxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se² seon³
• Northern Min (KCR): siǎ-se̿ng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiěxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siěsìn
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-hsin⁴
    • Yale: syě-syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieeshinn
    • Palladius: сесинь (sesinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se² seon³
    • Yale: sé seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se² soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé² sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵ sɵn³³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǎ-se̿ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia²¹ seiŋ³³/

Verb

寫⫽信 (verb-object)

1. to write a letter

   我現在就給王老師寫信。 [MSC, trad.]
   我现在就给王老师写信。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiànzài jiù gěi Wáng lǎoshī xiěxìn. [Pinyin]

   I will write to Teacher Wang now.

   現在有很多師生都聯名寫信要求取消老師的教授資格。 [MSC, trad.]
   现在有很多师生都联名写信要求取消老师的教授资格。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiànzài yǒu hěn duō shīshēng dōu liánmíng xiěxìn yāoqiú qǔxiāo lǎoshī de jiàoshòu zīgé. [Pinyin]

   Many teachers and students are now jointly writing to demand the cancellation of the teacher’s professor eligibility.

Synonyms

• (Eastern Min, Hokkien) 寫批／写批