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切手
切手
Chinese
| close to; to cut; to slice | hand; convenient; -er | ||
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simp. and trad. (切手) |
切 | 手 | |
Noun
切手
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 郵票 (“postage stamp”) | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 郵票 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 郵票 |
| Taiwan | 郵票 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 郵票、士擔 |
| Hong Kong | 郵票、士擔 | |
| Taishan | 郵票、士擔 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 郵票、切手 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 郵票、切手 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 郵票、切手 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 郵票、切手 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 郵票、切手 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 郵票、切手 | |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 郵票 |
| Xiamen | 郵票 | |
| Zhangzhou | 郵票 | |
| Taipei | 郵票 | |
| Kaohsiung | 郵票 | |
| Tainan | 尪仔頭、郵票 | |
| Taichung | 郵票 | |
| Yilan | 郵票 | |
| Lukang | 花仔紙、郵票 | |
| Sanxia | 郵票 | |
| Kinmen | 郵票 | |
| Magong | 郵票 | |
| Hsinchu | 郵票、切手 | |
| Malaysia | stamp | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 郵票 |
References
- (Min Nan) “Entry #627”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
- (Min Nan) “Entry #31069”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 切 | 手 |
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き > きっ Grade: 2 |
て Grade: 1 |
| Irregular | |
Etymology 1
From 切る (kiru, "cut," "slice," "carve") + 手 (te, "hand")
Noun
切手 (hiragana きって, romaji kitte)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From 切れる (kireru, "be able to do") + 手 (te, "hand")
Noun
切手 (hiragana きれて, romaji kirete)
Usage notes
- In this sense, 切れ手 is used more commonly than 切手
References
- The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. ISBN 0-19-860197-2