口信

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad. (口信)		口	信
alternative forms		口訊／口讯 Cantonese
anagram		信口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² seon³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khió-sìn / kháu-sìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒusìn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-hsin⁴
    • Yale: kǒu-syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooushinn
    • Palladius: коусинь (kousinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² seon³
    • Yale: háu seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ sɵn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-sìn
    • Tâi-lô: khió-sìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioysixn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-sìn
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-sìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qawsixn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²¹/

Noun

口信

1. oral message

   請你喺「咇」一聲後留低口信 [Cantonese, trad.]
   请你喺「咇」一声后留低口信 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ceng² nei⁵ hai² “bit¹” jat¹ seng¹ hau⁶ lau⁴ dai¹ hau² seon³ [Jyutping]

   Please leave your message after the beep

Synonyms

• 信兒／信儿 (xìnr) (colloquial)
• 信息 (xìnxī) (chiefly Mainland China)
• 消耗 (xiāohào) (archaic)
• 訊息／讯息 (xùnxī) (chiefly Taiwan and Hong Kong)
• 音信 (yīnxìn)
• 音訊／音讯 (yīnxùn)