通書

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	book; letter
trad. (通書)		通	書
simp. (通书)		通	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ syu¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thûng-sû

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tung¹ su¹

• Northern Min (KCR): tóng-sṳ́
• Eastern Min (BUC): tŭng-cṳ̆
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thong-su / thong-sir / thong-si / thong-chu / thong-chir

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongshu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-shu¹
    • Yale: tūng-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongshu
    • Palladius: туншу (tunšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ syu¹
    • Yale: tūng syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ syː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thûng-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: tung^ˊ su^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung¹ su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tung¹ su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰʊŋ⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tóng-sṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔŋ⁵⁴ sy⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tŭng-cṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuŋ⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒy⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-su
    • Tâi-lô: thong-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongsw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-sir
    • Tâi-lô: thong-sir
    • IPA (Lukang): /tʰɔŋ³³ sɨ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-si
    • Tâi-lô: thong-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongsy
    • IPA (Yilan): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-chu
    • Tâi-lô: thong-tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongzw
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Hsinchu, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-chir
    • Tâi-lô: thong-tsir
    • IPA (Kinmen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁴⁴/

Noun

通書

1. almanac; ephemeris
2. (dated) notice from the bridegroom's family to the bride's on the wedding date

Synonyms

• (almanac):

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• 曆書／历书 (lìshū)
• 曆頭／历头 (lìtóu)
• 皇曆／皇历 (huánglì)
• 老皇曆／老皇历 (lǎohuánglì)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 曆書 (“almanac”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		曆書, 皇曆, 黃曆, 通書
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	皇曆
	Chengde	皇曆
	Chifeng	皇曆
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	皇曆
	Heihe	皇曆
	Qiqihar	皇曆
	Harbin	皇曆
	Jiamusi	皇曆
	Baicheng	皇曆
	Changchun	皇曆
	Tonghua	皇曆
	Shenyang	曆書, 皇曆
	Jinzhou	皇曆, 憲書
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	皇曆
	Tangshan	曆書, 皇曆
	Cangzhou	皇曆
	Baoding	曆書, 皇曆
	Shijiazhuang	曆頭
	Lijin	曆書, 皇曆
	Jinan	皇曆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	皇曆
	Dandong	皇曆
	Yantai	皇曆
	Yantai (Muping)	皇曆
	Qingdao	皇曆
	Zhucheng	皇曆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	皇曆, 曆頭
	Jining	皇曆
	Wanrong	曆頭
	Linfen	曆頭
	Shangqiu	皇曆
	Yuanyang	曆書, 曆頭, 皇曆
	Zhengzhou	曆頭, 皇曆
	Xinyang	皇曆
	Baihe	曆書, 皇曆
	Xi'an	曆書, 曆頭, 皇曆
	Baoji	曆頭, 皇曆
	Tianshui	曆頭
	Xining	皇曆, 憲書
	Xuzhou	曆書, 皇曆
	Fuyang	皇曆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	皇曆, 憲書
	Lanzhou	皇曆, 憲書
	Dunhuang	皇曆, 憲書
	Hami	憲書
	Ürümqi	皇曆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	皇曆, 曆書
	Nanchong	曆書, 皇曆
	Dazhou	皇曆
	Hanyuan	曆書, 皇曆
	Xichang	曆書, 皇曆
	Zigong	皇曆
	Chongqing	皇曆, 皇書
	Wuhan	皇曆, 皇曆頭
	Yichang	皇曆
	Xiangyang	皇曆
	Tianmen	曆頭, 皇曆
	Guiyang	皇曆
	Zunyi	皇曆
	Bijie	皇曆
	Liping	曆書
	Zhaotong	皇曆
	Dali	皇曆
	Kunming	皇曆
	Mengzi	皇曆
	Guilin	皇曆
	Guilin (Lingui)	皇曆
	Liuzhou	曆書
	Jishou	皇曆
	Changde	皇曆
	Hanzhong	曆書, 皇曆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	皇曆, 皇曆頭子 suburbs
	Yangzhou	曆書, 皇曆
	Lianyungang	皇曆, 農曆
	Lianshui	曆書, 皇曆頭子
	Nantong	皇曆
	Anqing	皇曆
	Wuhu	皇曆
	Hefei	皇曆
	Hong'an	曆頭, 皇曆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	通勝, 通書, 通贏
	Hong Kong	通勝, 通書
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	通勝
	Macau	通勝
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	通勝
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	通勝
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	通勝
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	通書
	Foshan	通勝
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	通勝
	Foshan (Shunde)	通勝
	Foshan (Sanshui)	通勝
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	通勝
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	通勝
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	通勝
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	通勝
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	吉書
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	吉書
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	吉書
	Taishan	吉勝
	Kaiping (Chikan)	吉勝
	Enping (Niujiang)	吉勝
	Heshan (Yayao)	通勝
	Dongguan	通勝
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	通勝
Gan	Nanchang	通書, 皇曆
	Lichuan	曆書
	Pingxiang	通書
Hakka	Meixian	通書, 皇曆
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	通勝
	Huiyang	通書
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	通書
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	通書
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	通書
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	通書
	Yudu	通書, 皇曆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	曆書, 通書
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	曆書, 通書
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	曆書, 通書
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	曆書, 通書
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	曆書, 通書
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	曆書, 通書
Huizhou	Jixi	曆書
	Shexian	曆書, 官本 dated
Jin	Taiyuan	曆頭, 皇曆
	Yangyuan	曆書, 皇曆, 憲書
	Datong	皇曆
	Xinzhou	曆頭, 皇曆
	Lüliang (Lishi)	皇曆
	Changzhi	曆頭
	Linhe	皇曆
	Jining	皇曆
	Hohhot	皇曆
	Erenhot	皇曆
	Pingshan	曆頭
	Zhangjiakou	皇曆
	Handan	曆書, 皇曆
	Linzhou	曆書
	Suide	曆頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	通書
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	通書
Southern Min	Taipei	通書
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	通書
	Kaohsiung	通書
	Yilan	通書
	Changhua (Lukang)	通書
	Taichung	通書
	Tainan	通書
	Hsinchu	通書
	Kinmen	通書
	Penghu (Magong)	通書
	Haikou	通書, 曆書
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	通書
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	通書, 通勝, 皇曆 dated
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	通書
	Danyang	皇曆
	Ningbo	皇曆
	Wenzhou	皇曆
Xiang	Changsha	皇曆

Derived terms

• 一本通書睇到老／一本通书睇到老