封信 (fung1 seon3 | ) : letter / piece of mail

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封信

fung1 seon3

letter / piece of mail

封信 has a "null adjective" in front. It's a short form for 一封信 (a letter), 嗰封信 (this letter) or 呢封信 (that letter) ...

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

封信

This word was added by ray_siu on 25th Jun 2005 23:51 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

封 fung1 - classifier for envelope; seal
信 seon3 - honest; trust; letter

1 compounds containing this word:

收大封信 - to receive a pink slip; to get fired

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當你睇到呢封信嘅時候﹐我已經離開咗香港。粵
By the time you read this letter, I will have already left Hong Kong.
[This line of dialogue is often heard in TV soap operas! :-)]

弊傢伙,唔記得帶封信添! 粵
Oh shit! I forget to bring along the letter.

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Decimal representation of this word: 封信

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