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

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• 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)

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

Synonyms

• 來函／来函 (láihán)

Noun

來信

1. (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)