# 郵差
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yóuchāi
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄞ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^4$ caai$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): iû-chái
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-chhai / iû-chhe
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yeu-tsha
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yóuchāi
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yóuchai
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^2$-chʻai$^1$
*** Yale: yóu-chāi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youchai
*** Palladius: ючай (jučaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^4$ caai$^1$
*** Yale: yàuh chāai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^4$ tsaai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^4$ cai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iû-chái
*** Sinological IPA : /iu³³ t͡sʰai⁵⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chhai
*** Tâi-lô: iû-tshai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iuzhay
*** IPA (Tainan): /iu²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chhe
*** Tâi-lô: iû-tshe
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iuzhef
*** IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yeu-tsha
*** MiniDict: yeu$^去$ tsha
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhieu-tsha
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² t͡sʰa⁴⁴/

### Noun

郵差
* (dated or dialectal in Mainland China, common in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore) postman; mailman
       jau$^4$ caai$^1$ suk$^1$ suk$^1$ sung$^3$ seon$^3$ seon$^4$ suk$^6$ seon$^3$ cuk$^1$ sung$^3$ ceot$^1$ [Jyutping]
       the postman is proficient in delivering mail and delivers mail quickly (a tongue-twister)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 郵遞員, 送信的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 郵差, 郵務士 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 郵遞員, 送信的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 郵遞員 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 郵遞員, 送信的, 郵局子 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 郵遞員, 郵差 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 郵差 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 送信的, 信差 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 郵遞員, 送信的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 郵遞員, 郵差 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 送信的, 郵差 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 郵遞員, 送信的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 郵遞員, 郵差 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 郵遞員兒, 送信的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 送信的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 送信的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 郵遞員, 送信的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 郵遞員 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 郵遞員, 郵差, 送信的 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 郵遞員 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 郵遞員, 送信的 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 投遞員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 郵遞員, 郵差 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 郵遞員, 郵差 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 郵遞員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 郵遞員, 郵差 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 郵遞員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 郵遞員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 郵遞員, 郵差 dated |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 郵差, 送信的 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 郵遞員, 郵差, 送信的 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 送信的 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 郵遞員 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 郵差, 信差 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 郵差, 信差 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 送信仔個 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 送信仔個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 送信仔個 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 送信個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 送信仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 送批個 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 郵遞員, 郵差, 送信唉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 送信的, 郵差 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 送信的 |
| Jin | Linhe | 郵遞員 |
| Jin | Jining | 送信的 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 郵遞員, 郵差 |
| Jin | Handan | 郵遞員, 送信的 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 郵差 dated |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 郵政差 dated |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 郵差 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 分批的 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 提批的 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 郵便士 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 分信員 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 分信員 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 分信員 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 信差 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai | 郵遞員, 郵差 dated |
| Wu | Danyang | 送信格 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 信差, 郵差 dated |