郵便

See also: 邮便

Chinese

		post (office); mail	advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself
trad. (郵便)		郵	便
simp. (邮便)		邮	便

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 郵便(ゆうびん) (yūbin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóubiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-piān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóubiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóubiàn
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-pien⁴
    • Yale: yóu-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youbiann
    • Palladius: юбянь (jubjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-piān
    • Tâi-lô: iû-piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'pien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² piɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² piɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² piɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ piɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ piɛn³³/

Noun

郵便

1. (obsolete or Taiwanese Hokkien, Northeastern Mandarin) postal service

Derived terms

• 郵便局／邮便局 (yóubiànjú)
• 郵便桶／邮便桶
• 郵便筒／邮便筒
• 郵便箱／邮便箱 (yóubiànxiāng)
• 郵便船／邮便船
• 郵便電信局／邮便电信局

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
郵	便
ゆう Grade: 6	びん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆうびん [yùúbíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːbʲĩɴ]

Noun

郵(ゆう)便(びん) • (yūbin) ^{←いうびん (iubin)?}

1. postal service
2. mail, postal matter

Derived terms

• 郵便(ゆうびん)葉(は)書(がき) (yūbin hagaki, “postal postcard”)
• 郵便(ゆうびん)番号(ばんごう) (yūbin bangō, “postal code”)
• 郵便(ゆうびん)局(きょく) (yūbinkyoku, “post office”)
• 郵便(ゆうびん)貯金(ちょきん) (yūbin chokin, “postal savings”)

See also

• 〒 (〒, “(postal mark symbol)”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
• NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
郵	便

Noun

郵便 • (upyeon) (hangeul 우편)

1. Hanja form^? of 우편 (“mail, post”).