私信

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad. (私信)		私	信

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sīxìn

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ seon³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sīxìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sihsìn
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-hsin⁴
  - Yale: sz̄-syìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syshinn
  - Palladius: сысинь (sysinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ seon³
  - Yale: sī seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɵn³³/

Noun

私信

(chiefly Internet) private message

Verb

私信

(chiefly Internet) to send a private message to

Synonyms

(slang, neologism) 私戳 (sīchuō)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (私信):

→ Japanese: 私信(ししん) (shishin)
→ Korean: 사신(私信) (sasin)

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