遺書

See also: 遗书

Chinese

		to lose; to leave behind	book; letter
trad. (遺書)		遺	書
simp. (遗书)		遗	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ syu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vì-sû
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-chir / ûi-su / ûi-si / î-su / î-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíshu
    • Wade–Giles: i²-shu¹
    • Yale: yí-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yishu
    • Palladius: ишу (išu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ syu¹
    • Yale: wàih syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ syː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: viˇ su´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi² su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹ su²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-chir
    • Tâi-lô: uî-tsir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-su
    • Tâi-lô: uî-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uisw
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-si
    • Tâi-lô: uî-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uisy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-su
    • Tâi-lô: î-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: isw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-si
    • Tâi-lô: î-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: isy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³⁻²² si⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 遺書

1. (literary) posthumous papers; writings of an author now dead
2. (literary) a letter or note left by one immediately before death

Verb

遺書

1. (archaic) to send a letter

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
遺	書
い Grade: 6	しょ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

遺(い)書(しょ) • (isho) 

1. a letter or note left by one immediately before death

See also

• 遺言(ゆいごん) (yuigon), 遺言(いごん) (igon)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.