郵筒

See also: 邮筒

Chinese

		post (office); mail	tube; cylinder
trad. (郵筒)		郵	筒
simp. (邮筒)		邮	筒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóutǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ tung²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-tâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóutǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóutǒng
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-tʻung³
    • Yale: yóu-tǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youtoong
    • Palladius: ютун (jutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ tung²
    • Yale: yàuh túng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ tung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-tâng
    • Tâi-lô: iû-tâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'daang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² taŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² taŋ²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 郵筒

1. postbox; mailbox (public collection box)
2. (historical) bamboo tube used to contain letters
3. (dated) letter
4. (dated) envelope

Synonyms

• (postbox): (Min Nan) 批筒

Further reading

• “Entry #9157”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.