郵船

Chinese

		post (office); mail	a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (郵船)		郵	船
simp. (邮船)		邮	船

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yóuchuán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ syun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-chûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yóuchuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yóuchuán
  - Wade–Giles: yu²-chʻuan²
  - Yale: yóu-chwán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youchwan
  - Palladius: ючуань (jučuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    油船
    游船
    遊船 / 游船
    郵船 / 邮船
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ syun⁴
  - Yale: yàuh syùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ syn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ xun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ syːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    遊船 / 游船
    郵船 / 邮船
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chûn
  - Tâi-lô: iû-tsûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuzuun
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/

Noun

郵船

mailboat; packet boat

Synonyms

郵輪／邮轮 (yóulún)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
郵	船
ゆう Grade: 6	せん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆうせん [yùúséń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

郵(ゆう)船(せん) • (yūsen) ^{←いうせん (iusen)^?}

mailboat

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN