切手

Chinese

		close to; to cut; to slice	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (切手)		切	手

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 切手(きって) (kitte).

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khit-té
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khit-teh / chhiat-chhiú

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khit-té
    • Hakka Romanization System: kid` de`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kid⁵ de³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰit̚² te³¹/

Note: khit-té - from Japanese pronunciation.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit-teh
    • Tâi-lô: khit-teh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qitdeq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ teʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiat-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tshiat-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiatchiuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Note: khit-teh - from Japanese pronunciation.

Noun

切手

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) postage stamp

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 郵票 (“postage stamp”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		郵票
Mandarin	Beijing	郵票
	Taiwan	郵票
	Jinan	郵票
	Wanrong	郵票
	Xi'an	郵票
	Wuhan	郵花, 郵票, 印花
	Chengdu	郵票, 郵花兒
	Guiyang	郵票, 郵花
	Guilin	郵票
	Yangzhou	郵票
	Hefei	郵票
	Singapore	郵票
	Dagudi (Maliba)	郵票
	Reshuitang (Longling)	郵票
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	郵票
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	郵票
Cantonese	Guangzhou	郵票, 士擔 dated
	Hong Kong	郵票, 士擔 dated
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	士擔
	Taishan	郵票, 士擔
	Rongxian	郵票
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	郵票
	Hepu (Shatian)	郵票
	Beihai	郵票
	Beihai (Nankang)	郵票
	Beihai (Yingpan)	郵票
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	郵票, 士擔
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	郵票, 士擔
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	郵票
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	郵票, stamp, 士膽 dated, 公仔頭 dated
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	郵票
	Móng Cái	郵票, 士擔
	Yangon (Taishan)	郵票
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	郵票
	Betong (Rongxian)	郵票, 士擔
Gan	Nanchang	郵票
	Lichuan	郵票
Hakka	Meixian	郵票
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	郵票, 切手
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	郵票, 切手
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	郵票, 切手
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	郵票, 切手
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	郵票, 切手
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	郵票, 切手
	Hong Kong	郵票
	Senai (Huiyang)	郵票
Jin	Taiyuan	郵票
Northern Min	Jian'ou	郵票
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	郵票
Southern Min	Xiamen	郵票
	Quanzhou	郵票
	Zhangzhou	郵票
	Taipei	郵票
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	郵票
	Kaohsiung	郵票
	Yilan	郵票
	Changhua (Lukang)	花仔紙, 郵票
	Taichung	郵票
	Tainan	尪仔頭, 郵票
	Hsinchu	郵票, 切手
	Kinmen	郵票
	Penghu (Magong)	郵票
	Penang (Hokkien)	stamp
	Chaozhou	郵票
	Shantou	郵票
	Jieyang	郵票
	Bangkok (Teochew)	郵票
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	郵票
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	郵票
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	郵票
	Singapore (Teochew)	郵票
	Pontianak (Teochew)	郵票
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	郵票
Wu	Shanghai	郵票
	Suzhou	郵票, 龍頭
	Wenzhou	郵票
Xiang	Changsha	郵花, 郵票
	Shuangfeng	郵花, 郵票

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #627”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• (Min Nan) “Entry #31069”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
切	手
きり > きっ Grade: 2	て Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology 1

From 切(きっ)符(ぷ) (kippu, “a ticket used for public transport”) + 手(て)形(がた) (tegata, “commercial paper”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きって [kìtté] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲit̚te̞]

Noun

切(きっ)手(て) • (kitte) 

1. a stamp; a substitute for postage stuck to the postcard

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 切(きっ)手(て)帳(ちょう) (kittechō, “stamp album; stamp booklet”)
• 切(きっ)手(て)集(あつ)め (kitteatsume, “stamp collecting”)
• 切(きっ)手(て)収(しゅう)集(しゅう) (kitte shūshū, “philately, stamp collecting”)
• 切(きっ)手(て)収(しゅう)集(しゅう)家(か) (kitte shūshūka, “philatelist, stamp collector”)
• 切(きっ)手(て)を溜(た)める (kitte o tameru, “to collect stamps”)
• 小(こ)切(ぎっ)手(て) (kogitte, “cheque”)
• 小(こ)切(ぎっ)手(て)外交(がいこう) (kogitte gaikō, “chequebook diplomacy”)
• 記(き)念(ねん)切(きっ)手(て) (kinen kitte, “special issue stamp”)
• 商(しょう)品(ひん)切(きっ)手(て) (shōhin kitte, “merchandise certificate”)
• 郵(ゆう)便(びん)切(きっ)手(て) (yūbin kitte, “postage stamp”)
• 偽(ぎ)小(こ)切(ぎっ)手(て) (gikogitte, “counterfeit cheque, bad paper”)
• 送(そう)金(きん)小(こ)切(ぎっ)手(て) (sōkin kogitte, “cashier's cheque, demand draft”)
• 保(ほ)証(しょう)小(こ)切(ぎっ)手(て) (hoshō kogitte, “certified cheque”)
• 旅(りょ)行(こう)小(こ)切(ぎっ)手(て) (ryokō kogitte, “traveler's cheque”)
• 使(し)用(よう)済(ず)み切(きっ)手(て) (shiyōzumi kitte, “used stamps”)
• 国(こく)際(さい)返(へん)信(しん)切(きっ)手(て)券(けん) (kokusai henshin kitte-ken, “international reply-paid coupon”)
• 不(ふ)渡(わた)り小(こ)切(ぎっ)手(て) (fuwatari kogitte, “dishonored cheque”)
• 旅(りょ)行(こう)者(しゃ)用(よう)小(こ)切(ぎっ)手(て) (ryokōsha-yō kogitte, “traveler's cheque”)
• 給(きゅう)料(りょう)支(し)払(はらい)小(こ)切(ぎっ)手(て) (kyūryō shiharai kogitte, “paycheque”)

Descendants

• → Chinese:
  • Hakka: 切手 (khit-té) (Taiwan)
  • Hokkien: 切手 (khit-teh) (Taiwan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
切	手
き(れ) Grade: 2	て Grade: 1
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 切手 – see the following entry.

【切きれ手て】 [noun] man of ability

(This term, 切手, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)