函件

Chinese

		envelope; case; letter	a measure word for thing, clothes, item
simp. and trad. (函件)		函	件

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hánjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁴ gin^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hâm-kiāⁿ / hâm-kiǎⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hánjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hánjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: han²-chien⁴
    • Yale: hán-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnjiann
    • Palladius: ханьцзянь (xanʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁴ gin^6-2
    • Yale: hàahm gín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴ gin^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham⁴ gin^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²¹ kiːn²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâm-kiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hâm-kiānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hamkvia
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ham¹³⁻²² kiã²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ham²⁴⁻²² kiã²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâm-kiǎⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hâm-kiǎnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ham²⁴⁻²² kiã²²/

Noun

函件

1. letters; correspondence

Synonyms

• 信
• 信件 (xìnjiàn)
• 信函 (xìnhán)
• 信札 (xìnzhá)
• 八行 (bāháng) (literary)
• 八行書／八行书 (bāhángshū) (literary)
• 手書／手书 (shǒushū) (literary)
• 手簡／手简 (shǒujiǎn) (literary)
• 書／书 (shū) (literary, or in compounds)
• 書信／书信 (shūxìn) (formal)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 電子函件／电子函件 (diànzǐ hánjiàn)