來信

See also: 来信

Chinese

		to come	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
trad. (來信)		來	信
simp. (来信)		来	信

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láixìn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ seon³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lâi-sìn

(Teochew, Peng'im): lai⁵ sing³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láixìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láisìn
  - Wade–Giles: lai²-hsin⁴
  - Yale: lái-syìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laishinn
  - Palladius: лайсинь (lajsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loi⁴ seon³
  - Yale: lòih seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ sɵn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laisixn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² sin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² sin²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ sin¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ sin²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lai⁵ sing³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâi sìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ²¹³/

Verb

來⫽信 (verb-object)

to send a letter (i.e. an incoming one)

Synonyms

來函／来函 (láihán)

Noun

來信

(countable) incoming letter (Classifier: 封)
一個陌生女人的來信 [MSC, trad.]
一个陌生女人的来信 [MSC, simp.]
yīge mòshēng nǚrén de láixìn [Pinyin]
a letter from an unknown woman

Synonyms

來函／来函 (láihán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (來信):

→ Japanese: 来信(らいしん) (raishin)
→ Korean: 래신(來信) (raesin), 내신(來信) (naesin)

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