音信

Chinese

		sound; noise; news	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad. (音信)		音	信

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ seon³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-sìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinsìn
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-hsin⁴
    • Yale: yīn-syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inshinn
    • Palladius: иньсинь (inʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jam¹ seon³
    • Yale: yām seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ sɵn³³/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-sìn
    • Tâi-lô: im-sìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imsixn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ sin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ sin¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²¹/

Noun

音信

1. message (information conveyed); news

Synonyms

• 信兒／信儿 (xìnr) (colloquial)
• 信息 (xìnxī) (chiefly Mainland China)
• 口信 (kǒuxìn) (oral message)
• 消耗 (xiāohào) (archaic)
• 訊息／讯息 (xùnxī) (chiefly Taiwan and Hong Kong)
• 音訊／音讯 (yīnxùn)

 

Derived terms

• 杳無音信／杳无音信 (yǎowúyīnxìn)
• 音信杳然 (yīnxìnyǎorán)
• 音信杳無／音信杳无

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	信
おん Grade: 1	しん Grade: 4
goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

音(おん)信(しん) • (onshin) 

1. message; news

Korean

Hanja in this term
音	信

Noun

音信 • (eumsin) (hangeul 음신)

1. Hanja form^? of 음신 (“message; news”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
音	信

Noun

音信

1. chữ Hán form of âm tín (“message; news”).