羽書

Chinese

		feather	letter, message
trad. (羽書)		羽	書
simp. (羽书)		羽	书

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǔshū

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ syu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǔshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǔshu
  - Wade–Giles: yü³-shu¹
  - Yale: yǔ-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeushu
  - Palladius: юйшу (jujšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ syu¹
  - Yale: yúh syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ syː⁵⁵/

Noun

羽書

(literary, poetic) urgent letter; message of emergency (literally, "feathered letter", a letter that flies like a bird)
- 每聞羽書告急之聲，心灼內熱，四體驚竦。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  每闻羽书告急之声，心灼内热，四体惊竦。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE
  Měi wén yǔshū gàojí zhī shēng, xīn zhuó nèi rè, sìtǐ jīng sǒng. [Pinyin]
  Every time I receive urgent messages carrying news of alarm, I feel a boiling inside, and my limbs tremble in terror.

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