公函

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	envelope; case; letter
trad. (公函)		公	函
simp. ^#(公函)		公	函

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōnghán

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄏㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ haam⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-hâm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōnghán
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄏㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gonghán
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-han²
  - Yale: gūng-hán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongharn
  - Palladius: гунхань (gunxanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ xän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ haam⁴
  - Yale: gūng hàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ haam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ ham⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ haːm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-hâm
  - Tâi-lô: kong-hâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: konghaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ham²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ ham²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ham¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ham²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ham²³/

Noun

公函

official correspondence

Coordinate terms

便函 (biànhán)
私函 (sīhán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公函):

→ Vietnamese: công hàm (公函)