信函

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	envelope; case; letter
simp. and trad. (信函)		信	函

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìnhán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ haam⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-hâm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìnhán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìnhán
  - Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-han²
  - Yale: syìn-hán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnharn
  - Palladius: синьхань (sinʹxanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ xän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon³ haam⁴
  - Yale: seun hàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ haam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên³ ham⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ haːm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-hâm
  - Tâi-lô: sìn-hâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienhaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ ham²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ham²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ ham¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ ham²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ ham²³/

Noun

信函

letter; correspondence

Synonyms

信
信件 (xìnjiàn)
信札 (xìnzhá)
八行 (bāháng) (literary)
八行書／八行书 (bāhángshū) (literary)
函件 (hánjiàn)
手書／手书 (shǒushū) (literary)
手簡／手简 (shǒujiǎn) (literary)
書／书 (shū) (literary, or in compounds)
書信／书信 (shūxìn) (formal)
書函／书函 (shūhán)
書札／书札 (shūzhá) (literary)
書牘／书牍 (shūdú) (literary)
書簡／书简 (shūjiǎn) (literary)
筆札／笔札 (bǐzhá) (literary, figurative)
簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
鴻／鸿 (hóng) (literary, figurative)

Dialectal synonyms of 信 (“letter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		書, 函, 書札, 書函, 便紙 Korea
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		信, 函, 書信, 信件, 信函, 信札, 函件, 書函, 書簡, 書牘, 書札
Mandarin	Beijing	信
	Taiwan	信
	Yantai (Muping)	信
	Jinan	信
	Luoyang	信
	Wanrong	信
	Xi'an	信
	Yinchuan	信
	Lanzhou	信
	Xining	信
	Ürümqi	信
	Wuhan	信
	Chengdu	信
	Guiyang	信
	Guilin	信
	Liuzhou	信
	Xuzhou	信
	Yangzhou	信
	Nanjing	信
	Hefei	信
	Malaysia	信
	Singapore	信
	Dagudi (Maliba)	信
	Reshuitang (Longling)	信
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	信
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	信
Cantonese	Guangzhou	信
	Hong Kong	信
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	信
	Macau	信
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	信
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	信
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	信
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	信
	Foshan	信
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	信
	Foshan (Shunde)	信
	Foshan (Sanshui)	信
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	信
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	信
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	信
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	信
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	信
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	信
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	信
	Taishan	信
	Kaiping (Chikan)	信
	Enping (Niujiang)	信
	Heshan (Yayao)	信
	Dongguan	信
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	信
	Shaoguan	信
	Yunfu	信
	Yangjiang	信
	Xinyi	信
	Lianjiang	信
	Beihai	信
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	信
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	信
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	信
	Singapore (Guangfu)	信
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	信
	Móng Cái	信
Gan	Nanchang	信
	Lichuan	信
	Pingxiang	信
Hakka	Meixian	信
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	信
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	信
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	信
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	信
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	信
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	信
	Wuhua (Changbu)	信
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	信
	Conghua (Lütian)	信
	Luhe	信仔
	Yudu	信
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	信仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	信仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	信仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	信
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	信仔, 信
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	批, 信
	Hong Kong	信
Huizhou	Jixi	信
Jin	Taiyuan	信
Jin	Xinzhou	信
Northern Min	Jian'ou	信
	Songxi	信
	Jianyang	信
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	批
	Gutian	批
	Pingnan	批, 信
	Ningde	批
	Zhouning	批
	Fuding	信
	Matsu	批
	Singapore (Fuqing)	批
Southern Min	Xiamen	批, 批信
	Quanzhou	批, 批信
	Yongchun	批
	Zhangzhou	批, 批信
	Zhao'an	批
	Taipei	批
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	批
	Kaohsiung	批
	Yilan	批
	Changhua (Lukang)	批
	Taichung	批
	Taichung (Wuqi)	批
	Tainan	批, 批信
	Taitung	批
	Hsinchu	批
	Kinmen	批
	Penghu (Magong)	批
	Penang (Hokkien)	批
	Singapore (Hokkien)	批, 批信
	Manila (Hokkien)	批
	Longyan	信
	Datian	信
	Chaozhou	信, 批 international incoming letters
	Bangkok (Teochew)	信, 家批 dated
	Singapore (Teochew)	信, 批
	Batam (Teochew)	信
	Leizhou	信
	Wenchang	信 domestic, 批 international
	Haikou	信
	Singapore (Hainanese)	信, 批
Puxian Min	Putian	批
	Xianyou	批
	Fuding (Aoyao)	批
Central Min	Yong'an	信
Central Min	Shaxian	信
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	信
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	信
Wu	Shanghai	信
	Shanghai (Chongming)	信
	Suzhou	信
	Danyang	信
	Ningbo	信
	Wenzhou	信
	Jinhua	信
Xiang	Changsha	信
	Loudi	信
	Shuangfeng	信

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