情書

See also: 情书

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	book; letter
trad. (情書)		情	書
simp. (情书)		情	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíngshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ syu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-su / chêng-chir / chêng-si

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng⁵ ze¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíngshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíngshu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²-shu¹
    • Yale: chíng-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngshu
    • Palladius: циншу (cinšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ syu¹
    • Yale: chìhng syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ syː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-su
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengsw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-chir
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-tsir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-si
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengsy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² si⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cêng⁵ ze¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshêng tsṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ³³/

Noun

情書

1. (countable) love letter (Classifier: 封 m c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 情書 (“love letter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		情書
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	情書
Mandarin	Singapore	情書
Cantonese	Hong Kong	情書, 情信
Southern Min	Xiamen	情批
	Quanzhou	情批
	Zhangzhou	情批
	Tainan	情批
	Manila (Hokkien)	情書, 情批
	Jieyang	情信