情批

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	letter
trad. (情批)		情	批
simp. #(情批)		情	批

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-phoe / chêng-phe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Tainan, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-phoe
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-phue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengphoef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ pʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² pʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² pʰue³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻³³ pʰue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-phe
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-phe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengphef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² pʰe⁴⁴/

Noun

情批

1. (Hokkien) love letter (Classifier: 張／张 mn)

   • 阿嬤不識字，但是有一張情批寫乎伊。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     阿嬷不识字，但是有一张情批写乎伊。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1999, 黃乙玲, 無字的情批

     A-má m̄ bat-lī, tān-sī ū chi̍t tiuⁿ chêng-phoe siá hō͘ i. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Grandma is illiterate, but there is a love letter written to her.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 情書 (“love letter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		情書
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	情書
	Singapore	情書
Cantonese	Hong Kong	情書, 情信
Southern Min	Xiamen	情批
	Quanzhou	情批
	Zhangzhou	情批
	Tainan	情批
	Manila (Hokkien)	情書, 情批
	Jieyang	情信