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郵箱

简邮箱 · 繁郵箱

Mandarin · pinyin yóu xiāng

mailbox
post office box
email
email inbox

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郵: Look up this written character
箱: xiāng · case, box, chest, trunk
邮: yóu · postal, mail; post office

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2–1 · you2 xiang1

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Cantonese word readings for 郵箱. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

mailbox; letter box (private receptacle)
post box (public collection box)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 電子郵箱／电子邮箱 (diànzǐ yóuxiāng, “electronic mailbox; e-mailbox; inbox”)

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