集郵

See also: 集邮

Chinese

		to gather; to collect; collected works	post (office); mail
trad. (集郵)		集	郵
simp. (集邮)		集	邮

Etymology

"to collect partners"

From a metaphor used by Sandra Ng on a talk show on TVB in 2010.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap⁶ jau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍p-iû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíyóu
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-yu²
    • Yale: jí-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiyou
    • Palladius: цзию (cziju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaap⁶ jau⁴
    • Yale: jaahp yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁹ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zab⁶ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚² jɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍p-iû
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍p-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cib'iuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sip̚⁴⁻³² iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iu¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sip̚²⁴⁻² iu²⁴/

Verb

集⫽郵 (verb-object)

1. to collect stamps (as a hobby)
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, figurative) to collect partners; to have multiple dates at the same time

Noun

集郵

1. stamp collecting; philately
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, figurative) act of collecting partners

Derived terms

• 集郵家／集邮家 (jíyóujiā)