寄書

See also: 寄书

Chinese

		lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend	book; letter
trad. (寄書)		寄	書
simp. (寄书)		寄	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìshu
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-shu¹
    • Yale: jì-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihshu
    • Palladius: цзишу (czišu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei³ syu¹
    • Yale: gei syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi³ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ syː⁵⁵/

Verb

寄書

1. (archaic) to send a letter

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
寄	書
き Grade: 5	しょ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

寄(き)書(しょ) • (kisho) 

1. (archaic) contributed written work

Verb

寄(き)書(しょ)する • (kisho suru) suru (stem 寄(き)書(しょ)し (kisho shi), past 寄(き)書(しょ)した (kisho shita))

1. (archaic) to send a letter
2. (archaic) to contribute to a publication
   • 1914, 内田魯庵, 硯友社の勃興と道程:

     十四歳初(じゅうよんさいはじ)めて新聞(しんぶん)に寄書(きしょ)し、十九歳小説(じゅうきゅうさいしょうせつ)を著(あら)わし、二十一歳既(にじゅういっさいすで)に一家(いっか)を成(な)した漣(さざなみ)は稀(まれ)に見(み)る寧馨児(ねいけいじ)であった。

     Jūyonsai hajimete shinbun ni kisho shi, jūkyūsai shōsetsu o arawashi, nijūissai sude ni ikka o nashita sazanami wa mare ni miru neikeiji deatta.

     At 14 he contributed to a newspaper for the first time, at 19 he wrote a novel, and at 21 he already made a name for himself - Sazanami [Iwaya] was a singular prodigy.

Related terms

• 寄(き)稿(こう) (kikō, “contribution”)

Etymology 2

Noun

寄書(よせがき) • (yosegaki) 

1. Alternative spelling of 寄せ書き