郵箱

See also: 邮箱

Chinese

		post (office); mail	box; trunk; chest
trad. (郵箱)		郵	箱
simp. (邮箱)		邮	箱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóuxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ soeng¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁵ siên¹ / iu⁵ sion¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu-shian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóuxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóusiang
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-hsiang¹
    • Yale: yóu-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youshiang
    • Palladius: юсян (jusjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ soeng¹
    • Yale: yàuh sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ sœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iu⁵ siên¹ / iu⁵ sion¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iû sieⁿ / iû sioⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sĩẽ³³/, /iu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sĩõ³³/

Note: iu5 siên1 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yeu-shian
    • MiniDict: yeu^去 shian
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu-xian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² ɕiã⁴⁴/

Noun

郵箱

1. mailbox; letter box (private receptacle)
2. post box (public collection box)
3. Short for 電子郵箱／电子邮箱 (diànzǐ yóuxiāng, “electronic mailbox; e-mailbox; inbox”).

   垃圾郵箱／垃圾邮箱  ―  lājī yóuxiāng  ―  spam folder

Synonyms

• (letter box): 信箱 (xìnxiāng); (Hokkien) 批箱
• (post box): 信箱 (xìnxiāng), 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):

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• 信箱 (xìnxiāng) (short form)
• 電子信箱 / 电子信箱 (diànzǐ xìnxiāng)
• 電子郵箱 / 电子邮箱 (diànzǐ yóuxiāng)