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

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• 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

1. (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.