郵筒

See also: 邮筒

Chinese

		post (office); mail	tube; cylinder
trad. (郵筒)		郵	筒
simp. (邮筒)		邮	筒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóutǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ tung^4-2
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iû-tâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁵ dang⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶yeu-don

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóutǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóutǒng
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-tʻung³
    • Yale: yóu-tǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youtoong
    • Palladius: ютун (jutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ tung^4-2
    • Yale: yàuh túng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tung^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ tung^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-tâng
    • Tâi-lô: iû-tâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'daang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² taŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² taŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iu⁵ dang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iû tâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶yeu-don
    • MiniDict: yeu^去 don
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu-don
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² doŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

郵筒

1. postbox; mailbox (public collection box)
2. (historical) bamboo tube used to contain letters
3. (dated) letter
4. (dated) envelope

Synonyms

• (postbox): 信箱 (xìnxiāng); (Jin) 信筒; (Hokkien) 批筒, 郵便箱／邮便箱 (yóubiànxiāng)

Further reading

• “Entry #9157”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.