收信

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad. (收信)		收	信

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōuxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ seon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōuxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shousìn
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-hsin⁴
    • Yale: shōu-syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoushinn
    • Palladius: шоусинь (šousinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ seon³
    • Yale: sāu seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ sɵn³³/

Verb

收⫽信 (verb-object)

1. to receive a letter (post, e-mail, document, etc., more generally information, signal)

Synonyms

• 收件 (shōujiàn)
• 接收 (jiēshōu)

Antonyms

• 寄信 (jìxìn)

Derived terms

• 收信人 (shōuxìnrén)

Adjective

1. (attributive, radio) receiving

   收信臺／收信台  ―  shōuxìntái  ―  receiving station