手信

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad. (手信)		手	信
anagram		信手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuxìn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² seon³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-sìn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuxìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒusìn
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-hsin⁴
  - Yale: shǒu-syìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooushinn
  - Palladius: шоусинь (šousinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sau² seon³
  - Yale: sáu seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ sɵn³³/
  - Homophones:
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    手信
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiwsixn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²¹/

Noun

手信

gift given to relatives or friends as a souvenir (from where one has come back from)