航空便

航空便

Japanese

Kanji in this term
航	空	便
こう Grade: 4	くう Grade: 1	びん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Short for 航空郵便. (which is less common).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こーくうびん [kòókúúbíń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːkɯ̟ᵝːbʲĩɴ]

Noun

航空便 (hiragana こうくうびん, rōmaji kōkūbin, historical hiragana かうくうびん)

1. airmail; postal transport by airplane.

   これを航空便 (こうくうびん)でお願 (ねが)いします。

   Kore o kōkūbin de o-negaishimasu.

   Please [deliver] this by airmail.

See also

• 郵便 (ゆうびん) (yūbin): mail, postal service
• 船便 (ふなびん) (funabin): surface mail, seamail
• 郵便局 (ゆうびんきょく) (yūbinkyoku): post office

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
• 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3