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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): seon3 soeng1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-siông
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-siuⁿ / sìn-sioⁿ
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-siông
- Hakka Romanization System: xin xiongˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: xin4 xiong1
- Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ si̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- 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/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
Noun
信箱
- mailbox; letter box (private receptacle)
- post-office box (box in post office station)
- post box (public collection box)
- short for 語音信箱／语音信箱 (yǔyīn xìnxiāng, “voice mail”)
- 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 (xìntǒng); (Hokkien) 批箱, 批筒
- (electronic mailbox):
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bouyei: xinqxiangy
- → Zhuang: saenqsieng, sinsiengh
Further reading
- “信箱”, 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., 2025.