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郵便局

郵便局

See also: 邮便局

Chinese

postal service situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office
trad. (郵便局) 郵便
simp. (邮便局) 邮便

Noun

郵便局

  1. (chiefly Taiwan) post office

Synonyms


Japanese

郵便局 (yūbinkyoku): a post office.
Kanji in this term
便
ゆう
Grade: 6
びん
Grade: 4
きょく
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

郵便 (postal service) + (office)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うびんきょく [yùúbíꜜǹkyòkù] (Nakadaka - [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jɯᵝːbĩŋkjo̞kɯᵝ]

Noun

郵便局 (hiragana ゆうびんきょく, romaji yūbinkyoku, historical hiragana いうびんきよく)

  1. post office; postal centre

Derived terms

  • 特定郵便局 (とくていゆうびんきょく) (tokuteiyu ubinkyoku): special post office
  • 郵便局長 (ゆうびんきょくちょう) (yūbinkyokuchō): post master
  • 郵便局員 (ゆうびんきょくいん) (yūbinkyokuin): postal clerk

See also

References

  1. 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