信箱

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	box; trunk; chest
trad. (信箱)		信	箱
simp. ^#(信箱)		信	箱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìnxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ soeng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-siông
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-siuⁿ / sìn-sioⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìnxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìnsiang
  - Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-hsiang¹
  - Yale: syìn-syāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnshiang
  - Palladius: синьсян (sinʹsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon³ soeng¹
  - Yale: seun sēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ soeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên³ sêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ sœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-siông
  - Hakka Romanization System: xin xiong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ xiong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ si̯oŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-siuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sìn-siunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siensviw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siũ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ siũ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ siũ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ siũ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-sioⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sìn-sionn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siensvioy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ siɔ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

信箱

mailbox; letter box (private receptacle)
post-office box (box in post office station)
post box (public collection box)
Short for 語音信箱／语音信箱 (yǔyīn xìnxiāng, “voice mail”).
Short for 電子郵箱／电子邮箱 (diànzǐ yóuxiāng, “electronic mailbox; e-mailbox; inbox”).

Synonyms

(letter box): 郵箱／邮箱 (yóuxiāng); (Min Nan) 批箱
(post box): 郵箱／邮箱 (yóuxiāng), 郵筒／邮筒 (yóutǒng)
(electronic mailbox):

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

Derived terms

語音信箱／语音信箱 (yǔyīn xìnxiāng)
郵政信箱／邮政信箱 (yóuzhèng xìnxiāng)
電子信箱／电子信箱 (diànzǐ xìnxiāng)

Descendants

→ Bouyei: xinqxiangy
→ Zhuang: saenqsieng, sinsiengh

Further reading

“Entry #52437”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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