信使
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Chinese[edit]
letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence |
to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger | ||
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simp. and trad. (信使) |
信 | 使 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄕˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìnshǐh
- Wade–Giles: hsin4-shih3
- Yale: syìn-shř
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnshyy
- Palladius: синьши (sinʹši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
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信史
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seon3 si3
- Yale: seun si
- Cantonese Pinyin: soen3 si3
- Guangdong Romanization: sên3 xi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵn³³ siː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: sinH sriH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ni[ŋ]-s s-rəʔ-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*hljins srɯs/
Noun[edit]
信使
- courier; messenger
- (biochemistry) messenger (molecule)
Synonyms[edit]
- (courier): (literary, or in compounds) 信 (xìn)