信函
Chinese
letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence |
envelope; case; letter | ||
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| simp. and trad. (信函) |
信 | 函 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xìnhán
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìnhán
- Wade–Giles: hsin4-han2
- Yale: syìn-hán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnharn
- Palladius: синьхань (sinʹxanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵¹ xän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seon3 haam4
- Yale: seun hàahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: soen3 haam4
- Guangdong Romanization: sên3 ham4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵn³³ haːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-hâm
- Tâi-lô: sìn-hâm
- Phofsit Daibuun: sienhaam
- IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ ham²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ham²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ ham¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ ham²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ ham²³/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
信函
Synonyms
- 信
- 信件 (xìnjiàn)
- 信札 (xìnzhá)
- 八行 (bāháng) (literary)
- 八行書 / 八行书 (bāhángshū) (literary)
- 函件 (hánjiàn)
- 尺牘 / 尺牍 (chǐdú) (literary)
- 尺素 (chǐsù) (literary, figurative)
- 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)
Dialectal synonyms of 信 (“letter”) [map]