僑批

Chinese

		emigrant; reside abroad	to ascertain; (measure word for batches, lots); to act on to ascertain; (measure word for batches, lots); to act on; to criticize; to pass on
trad. (僑批)		僑	批
simp. (侨批)		侨	批

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáopī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄆㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴ pai¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiâu-phoe / kiâu-phe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiao⁵ poi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáopī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄆㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáopi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao²-pʻi¹
    • Yale: chyáu-pī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyaupi
    • Palladius: цяопи (cjaopi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu⁴ pai¹
    • Yale: kìuh pāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴ pai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴ pei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹ pʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâu-phoe
    • Tâi-lô: kiâu-phue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiauphoef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau²⁴⁻²² pʰue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiau²⁴⁻²² pʰue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâu-phe
    • Tâi-lô: kiâu-phe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiauphef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiau¹³⁻²² pʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiao⁵ poi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiâu phoi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰoi³³/

Noun

僑批

1. (historical, originally Southern Min) correspondence with money attached (remittance), sent by overseas Chinese to their hometown

   Synonyms: 僑匯／侨汇 (qiáohuì), 番批 (Teochew)

   • 僑批的批封，與今天的普通信封大小相似，居中是一紅色長條。 [MSC, trad.]
     侨批的批封，与今天的普通信封大小相似，居中是一红色长条。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2021 January 8, 杨彦 (Yang Yan), 吴冰 (Wu Bing), 李刚 (Li Gang), 姜晓丹 (Jiang Xiaodan), 《一纸侨批 满腔家国》, in People's Daily, →ISSN

     Qiáopī de pīfēng, yǔ jīntiān de pǔtōng xìnfēng dàxiǎo xiàngsì, jūzhōng shì yī hóngsè chángtiáo. [Pinyin]

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