書信

See also: 书信

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shūxìn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄒㄧㄣˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фущин (fuxin, I-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ seon³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sû-sin

(Meixian, Guangdong): su¹ xin⁴
Min Dong (BUC): cṳ̆-séng
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): su-sìn / chir-sìn / si-sìn
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ¹sy-shin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shūxìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shusìn
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹-hsin⁴
  - Yale: shū-syìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shushinn
  - Palladius: шусинь (šusinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фущин (fuxin, I-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fou²⁴ ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu¹ seon³
  - Yale: syū seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyː⁵⁵ sɵn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: su´ xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ xin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: su¹ xin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /su⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ɕin⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆-séng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)lɛiŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: su-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: susixn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: tsir-sìn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ ɕin⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: si-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sisixn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ¹sy-shin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ¹sr-xin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

Middle Chinese: syo sinH

Rime
Character	書	信
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	傷魚切	息晉切
Baxter	syo	sinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨʌ/	/siɪn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɔ/	/sin^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɔ/	/sjen^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨə̆/	/sin^H/
Li Rong	/ɕiɔ/	/siĕn^H/
Wang Li	/ɕĭo/	/sĭĕn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯wo/	/si̯ĕn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shū	xìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu¹	san³

Noun

書信

(formal) letter; epistle; written message
保羅書信／保罗书信 ― Bǎoluó shūxìn ― Pauline epistles
(figuratively) messenger

Synonyms

(letter):

信
信件 (xìnjiàn)
信函 (xìnhán)
信札 (xìnzhá)
八行 (bāháng) (literary)
八行書／八行书 (bāhángshū) (literary)
函件 (hánjiàn)
手書／手书 (shǒushū) (literary)
手簡／手简 (shǒujiǎn) (literary)
書／书 (shū) (literary, or in compounds)
書函／书函 (shūhán)
書札／书札 (shūzhá) (literary)
書牘／书牍 (shūdú) (literary)
書簡／书简 (shūjiǎn) (literary)
筆札／笔札 (bǐzhá) (literary, figurative)
簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
鴻／鸿 (hóng) (literary, figurative)

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (書信):

→ Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
→ Korean: 서신(書信) (seosin)
→ Vietnamese: thư tín (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Japanese

Kanji in this term
書	信
しょ Grade: 2	しん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

書(しょ)信(しん) • (shoshin)

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