信杯

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	drinkware; cup; glass
simp. and trad. (信杯)		信	杯
alternative forms		信𤖯 信桮

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-poe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-poe
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-pue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienpoef
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pue³³/

Noun

信杯

1. (Quanzhou Hokkien, divination) moon blocks (divination device)
2. (Quanzhou Hokkien, divination) "divine answer" (one moon block flat and the other block round)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 杯珓 (“moon blocks”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		珓, 杯珓
Mandarin	Taiwan	杯筊, 杯
	Wuhan	珓
	Chengdu	卦
	Liuzhou	珓杯
	Nantong	珓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	杯, 珓杯
	Hong Kong	杯
	Dongguan	杯
Gan	Nanchang	珓
	Lichuan	珓片, 珓
Hakka	Meixian	珓
	Yudu	珓
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	珓
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	珓
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	珓
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	珓
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	珓
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	珓
Huizhou	Jixi	珓
Northern Min	Jian'ou	珓杯, 神珓仔, 神珓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	珓杯, 杯
Southern Min	Xiamen	杯
	Quanzhou	杯, 信杯
	Zhangzhou	杯
	Shantou	杯
	Shantou (Chenghai)	杯
	Jieyang	杯
	Leizhou	杯殼
	Haikou	杯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	珓子
Wu	Suzhou	珓
	Hangzhou	珓
	Ningbo	珓背
	Wenzhou	珓杯
	Jinhua	珓
Xiang	Changsha	卦