休書

Chinese

		to rest	book; letter
trad. (休書)		休	書
simp. (休书)		休	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ syu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiû-sû
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiu-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sioushu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-shu¹
    • Yale: syōu-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioushu
    • Palladius: сюшу (sjušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ syu¹
    • Yale: yāu syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ syː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiû-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiu^ˊ su^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiu¹ su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-su
    • Tâi-lô: hiu-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiusw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu³³ su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/

Noun

休書

1. (historical) letter of divorce (from the husband to the wife)