寄書

See also: 寄书

Chinese

		lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend	book; letter
trad. (寄書)		寄	書
simp. (寄书)		寄	书

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìshū

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ syu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìshu
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴-shu¹
  - Yale: jì-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihshu
  - Palladius: цзишу (czišu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei³ syu¹
  - Yale: gei syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi³ xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ syː⁵⁵/

Verb

寄書

(archaic) to send a letter

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
寄	書
き Grade: 5	しょ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

寄(き)書(しょ) • (kisho)

(archaic) contributed written work

Verb

寄(き)書(しょ)する • (kisho suru) suru (stem 寄(き)書(しょ)し (kisho shi), past 寄(き)書(しょ)した (kisho shita))

(archaic) to send a letter
(archaic) to contribute to a publication
- 1914, 内田魯庵, 硯友社の勃興と道程:
  
  十四歳初(じゅうよんさいはじ)めて新聞(しんぶん)に寄書(きしょ)し、十九歳小説(じゅうきゅうさいしょうせつ)を著(あら)わし、二十一歳既(にじゅういっさいすで)に一家(いっか)を成(な)した漣(さざなみ)は稀(まれ)に見(み)る寧馨児(ねいけいじ)であった。
  Jūyonsai hajimete shinbun ni kisho shi, jūkyūsai shōsetsu o arawashi, nijūissai sude ni ikka o nashita sazanami wa mare ni miru neikeiji deatta.
  At 14 he contributed to a newspaper for the first time, at 19 he wrote a novel, and at 21 he already made a name for himself - Sazanami [Iwaya] was a singular prodigy.

Related terms

寄(き)稿(こう) (kikō, “contribution”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 寄書 – see the following entry.

【よせがき】

[noun] multiple people writing messages on an item

[noun] item on which multiple people write messages

[verb] (of multiple people) to write messages on an item

Alternative spellings
寄せ書き, 寄書き

(This term, 寄書, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)