郵局 (jau4 guk6*2 | you2 ju2) : post office

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郵局

jau4 guk6*2

you2 ju2

post office [Syn.] 郵政局

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 4,250,000

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

郵局 / 邮局

This word has been viewed 5571 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 29th Jul 2004 13:43 and last edited on 8th Nov 2008 00:44

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郵 jau4 - mail; post; stamp
局 guk6 - bureau; game; situation; party; trap

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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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