切手

Chinese

close to; to cut; to slice hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad.
(切手)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese  (きっ) () (kitte).

Pronunciation


Note: khit-té - from Japanese pronunciation.
Note: khit-teh - from Japanese pronunciation.

Noun

切手

  1. (Taiwanese Min Nan and Hakka) postage stamp

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 郵票 (“postage stamp”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 郵票
Mandarin Beijing 郵票
Taiwan 郵票
Jinan 郵票
Xi'an 郵票
Wuhan 郵花、郵票
Chengdu 郵票、郵花兒
Yangzhou 郵票
Hefei 郵票
Cantonese Guangzhou 郵票士擔 dated
Hong Kong 郵票士擔 dated
Hong Kong (Weitou) 士擔
Taishan 郵票士擔
Kuala Lumpur 郵票stamp、士膽 dated、公仔頭 dated
Gan Nanchang 郵票
Hakka Meixian 郵票
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
Hong Kong 郵票
Senai 郵票
Jin Taiyuan 郵票
Min Bei Jian'ou 郵票
Min Dong Fuzhou 郵票
Min Nan Xiamen 郵票
Quanzhou 郵票
Zhangzhou 郵票
Taipei 郵票
Kaohsiung 郵票
Tainan 尪仔頭、郵票
Taichung 郵票
Hsinchu 郵票切手
Lukang 花仔紙、郵票
Sanxia 郵票
Yilan 郵票
Kinmen 郵票
Magong 郵票
Penang stamp
Chaozhou 郵票
Johor Bahru 郵票
Pinghua Nanning 郵票
Wu Shanghai 郵票
Suzhou 郵票龍頭
Wenzhou 郵票
Xiang Changsha 郵花、郵票
Shuangfeng 郵花、郵票

References


Japanese

Kanji in this term
き > きっ
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
Irregular

Etymology 1

From 切符 (kippu, "a ticket used for public transport") + 手形 (tegata, "commercial paper")[1]

Noun

切手 (hiragana きって, rōmaji kitte)

  1. a stamp; a substitute for postage stuck to the postcard
Derived terms
  • 切手帳 (kittechō): stamp album; stamp booklet
  • 切手集め (kitteatsume): stamp collecting
  • 切手蒐集, 切手収集 (kitte shūshū): philately, stamp collecting
  • 切手収集家 (kitte shūshūka): philatelist, stamp collector
  • 切手を溜める (shūshū o tameru): collect stamps
  • 小切手 (kogitte): check
  • 小切手外交 (kogitte gaikō): checkbook diplomacy
  • 記念切手 (kinen kitte): special issue stamp
  • 商品切手 (shōhin kitte): merchandise certificate
  • 郵便切手 (yūbin kitte): postage stamp
  • 偽小切手 (gikogitte): counterfeit check, bad paper
  • 送金小切手 (sōkin kogitte): cashier's check, demand draft
  • 保証小切手 (hoshō kogitte): certified check
  • 旅行小切手 (ryokō kogitte): traveler's check
  • 使用済み切手 (shiyōzumi kitte): used stamps
  • 国際返信切手券 (kokusai henshin kitte-ken): international reply-paid coupon
  • 不渡り小切手 (fuwatari kogitte): dishonored check
  • 旅行者用小切手 (ryokōsha-yō kogitte): traveler's check
  • 給料支払小切手 (kyūryō shiharai kogitte): paycheck

References

  1. 日中韓同字異義語小辞典, 2009

Etymology 2

From 切れる (kireru, "be able to do") + (te, "hand")

Noun

切手 (hiragana きれて, rōmaji kirete)

  1. man of ability

Usage notes

  • In this sense, 切れ手 is used more commonly than 切手

References

  • The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. →ISBN
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