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Definition 2024

手信

手信

Chinese

		hand; convenient; -er	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad. (手信)		手	信
anagram		信手

Noun

手信

gift given to relatives or friends as a souvenir from where one came (back) from

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shǒuxìn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² seon³
Min Nan (POJ): chhiú-sìn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒuxìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooushinn
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² seon³
  - Yale: sáu seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² soen³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ sɵn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiwsixn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕin²¹/