快遞

See also: 快递

Chinese

		fast; quick; swift	to hand over; to pass; to give
trad. (快遞)		快	遞
simp. (快递)		快	递

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàidì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faai³ dai⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khoài-tē

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuai³ di⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵khua-di

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàidì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàidì
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: kwài-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuaydih
    • Palladius: куайди (kuajdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faai³ dai⁶
    • Yale: faai daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faai³ dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fai³ dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːi̯³³ tɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoài-tē
    • Tâi-lô: khuài-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoae'de
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuai²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuai²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuai¹¹⁻⁵³ te³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuai²¹⁻⁴¹ te³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kuai³ di⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuài tî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khua-di
    • MiniDict: khua^去 di
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khua-di
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰua³³ di⁴⁴/

Verb

快遞

1. to deliver quickly; to deliver by courier

Noun

快遞

1. (uncountable) express delivery; courier service

   快遞小哥／快递小哥  ―  kuàidì xiǎogē  ―  male courier

2. (countable) express package; express parcel (Classifier: 個／个 m; 件 m)
   • 2020, 曹楊 [Young] (lyrics and music), “走散 [Astray]”‎^[1]performed by 曹楊 [Young]:

     快遞還沒來得及拆 [MSC, trad.]
     快递还没来得及拆 [MSC, simp.]

     kuàidì hái méi láidejí chāi [Pinyin]

     [I] have not had to chance to open the express package yet

Synonyms

• (express delivery):

Dialectal synonyms of 快遞 (“express delivery; courier service”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		快遞
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	快遞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	快遞
	Hong Kong	速遞, 快遞
Southern Min	Xiamen	快遞
	Quanzhou	快遞
	Zhangzhou	快遞
Wu	Shanghai	快遞

• (express package): 快件 (kuàijiàn)

Derived terms

• 快遞員 / 快递员 (kuàidìyuán)
• 快遞櫃 / 快递柜