集郵

See also: 集邮

Chinese

		to gather; to collect; collected works	post (office); mail
trad. (集郵)		集	郵
simp. (集邮)		集	邮

Etymology

"to collect partners": From a metaphor used by Sandra Ng on a talk show on TVB in 2010.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap⁶ jau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍p-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jíyóu
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-yu²
  - Yale: jí-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiyou
  - Palladius: цзию (cziju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaap⁶ jau⁴
  - Yale: jaahp yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁹ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zab⁶ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚² jɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍p-iû
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍p-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cib'iuu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕip̚²⁴⁻² iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iu¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕip̚⁴⁻³² iu²⁴/

Verb

集⫽郵 (verb-object)

to collect stamps (as a hobby)
(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, figurative) to collect partners; to have multiple dates at the same time

Noun

集郵

stamp collecting; philately
(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, figurative) act of collecting partners

Derived terms

集郵家／集邮家 (jíyóujiā)

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