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
Min Nan (POJ): hân-sià

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hánshè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄕㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnsheh
  - IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon⁴ se³
  - Yale: hòhn se
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴ se³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴ sé³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹ sɛː³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hân-sià
  - Tâi-lô: hân-sià
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hansiax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /han²⁴⁻²² ɕia²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /han²⁴⁻²² ɕia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /han¹³⁻²² ɕia²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /han²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕia¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²³⁻³³ ɕia²¹/

Noun

寒舍

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

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 situation or to someone of older and higher position.