郵便箱

See also: 邮便箱

Chinese

		postal service	box; trunk; chest
trad. (郵便箱)		郵便	箱
simp. (邮便箱)		邮便	箱

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 郵便箱(ゆうびんばこ) (yūbinbako).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóubiànxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-piān-siuⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóubiànxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóubiànsiang
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-pien⁴-hsiang¹
    • Yale: yóu-byàn-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youbiannshiang
    • Palladius: юбяньсян (jubjanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-piān-siuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iû-piān-siunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'piexnsviw
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ piɛn³³⁻¹¹ siũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ piɛn³³⁻²¹ siũ⁴⁴/

Noun

郵便箱

1. (obsolete or Taiwanese Hokkien, Northeastern Mandarin) mailbox

Synonyms

• 郵筒／邮筒 (yóutǒng)
• 信箱 (xìnxiāng)
• (Jin) 信筒
• (Hokkien) 批筒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
郵	便	箱
ゆう Grade: 6	びん Grade: 4	はこ > ばこ Grade: 3
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆうび​んばこ [yùúbíꜜǹbàkò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːbʲĩmba̠ko̞]

Noun

郵(ゆう)便(びん)箱(ばこ) • (yūbinbako) 

1. mailbox
2. letterbox, post box

Synonyms

• ポスト (posuto)

See also

• 郵(ゆう)便(びん)受(う)け (yūbin'uke)
• メールボックス (mērubokkusu)
• レターボックス (retābokkusu)