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Definition 2024

信件

信件

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	a measure word for thing, clothes, item
simp. and trad. (信件)		信	件

Noun

信件

letter (written message); correspondence (Classifier: 封 m)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xìnjiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ gin⁶, seon³ gin^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): sìn-kiǎⁿ / sìn-kiāⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xìnjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnjiann
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon³ gin⁶, seon³ gin^6-2
  - Yale: seun gihn, seun gín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ gin⁶, soen³ gin^6-2
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ kiːn²²/, /sɵn³³ kiːn²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-kiǎⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sìn-kiǎnn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiã²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-kiāⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sìn-kiānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienkvia
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕin¹¹⁻⁵³ kiã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin²¹⁻⁴¹ kiã³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ kiã²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ kiã²²/