郵 (jau4 | you2 chui2) : post; mail; deliver letters

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郵

jau4

you2 chui2

[1] postal; mail; post [2] [n] post office [3] [v] deliver mails, letters, etc. [4] a wayside station where couriers on government service change horses [5] [n] hut; lodge in the field

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: (#163)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

郵 / 邮

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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郵局 jau4 guk6*2 you2 ju2 = post office

郵票 jau4 piu3 you2 piao4 = stamp

電郵 din6 jau4 dian4 you2 = e-mail; email

電子郵件 din6 zi2 jau4 gin6*2 dian4 zi3 you2 jian4 = electronic mail; e-mail; email

郵箱 jau4 soeng1 you2 xiang1 = [1] a post office box P.O.B. [2] a mailbox

郵差 jau4 caai1 you2 chai1 = postman; mailman

郵電 jau4 din6 you2 dian4 = post and telecommunications

郵購 jau4 kau3 you2 gou4 = mail order

郵政 jau4 zing3 you2 zheng4 = postal

郵寄 jau4 gei3 you2 ji4 = to send by post
See all 50 compounds (CantoDict reports 57 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 郵

呢頭有冇郵局呀？粵
Is there a post office in the area?
[Lit. this area have not-have post-office [particle]?]

請問，郵局喺邊度？
May I ask you where the post office is?
[Lit. May I ask, post office at where? Mandarin: 請問,郵局在哪裡?]

我去郵局白行咗一趟。粵
I made a futile trip to the post office.

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Decimal representation of this word: 郵
Unicode code for this character: U+90F5 (off-site link)

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