寒舍

Chinese

		cold; poor; to tremble	residence
simp. and trad. (寒舍)		寒	舍
Literally: “cold living place/residence”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hánshè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴ se³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hân-sià

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hánshè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hánshè
    • Wade–Giles: han²-shê⁴
    • Yale: hán-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnsheh
    • Palladius: ханьшэ (xanʹšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon⁴ se³
    • Yale: hòhn se
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴ se³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴ sé³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹ sɛː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hân-sià
    • Tâi-lô: hân-sià
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hansiax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /han²⁴⁻²² sia²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han²⁴⁻²² sia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han¹³⁻²² sia²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /han²⁴⁻¹¹ sia¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²³⁻³³ sia²¹/

Noun

寒舍

1. (literary, humble) (one's own) humble home; (one's own) humble abode

Usage notes

A way of showing modesty when referring to one's own home, it is never used for someone else's home. Used for written correspondence, also orally in highly formal situations or to someone of older and higher position.

Synonyms

• 寒門／寒门 (hánmén)