郵差

郵差

See also: 邮差

Chinese

		post (office); mail	differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake
trad. (郵差)		郵	差
simp. (邮差)		邮	差

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóuchāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ caai¹
• Min Nan (POJ): iû-chhai / iû-chhe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yóuchāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youchai
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóuchai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ caai¹
    • Yale: yàuh chāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tsaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ cai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰäːi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chhai
    • Tâi-lô: iû-tshai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuzhay
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰaɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaɪ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chhe
    • Tâi-lô: iû-tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuzhef
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/

Noun

郵差

1. (no longer common in Mainland China) postman; mailman

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 郵遞員 (“postman; mailman”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		郵遞員
Mandarin	Beijing	郵遞員
	Taiwan	郵差, 郵務士
	Harbin	郵局子 dated
	Jinan	郵遞員, 郵差
	Wanrong	送信的
Cantonese	Guangzhou	郵差, 信差
	Hong Kong	郵差, 信差
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	送信仔個
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	送信仔個
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	送信仔個
	Dongshi (Dabu)	送信個
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	送信仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	送批個
Min Bei	Jian'ou	郵差 dated
Min Dong	Fuzhou	郵政差 dated
	Matsu	郵差
Min Nan	Xiamen	分批的
	Yilan	提批的
	Leizhou	信差 dated
Wu	Shanghai	郵遞員, 郵差 dated
	Danyang	送信格