paai3 seon3派信
Jyutpingpaai3 seon3
Yalepaai seun
Definition
To deliver mail or dispatch letters.
colloquialworkdaily actions
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the physical act of delivering mail to a mailbox or recipient. It is a functional, everyday term that avoids the more formal or bureaucratic tone found in written Chinese.
Examples
The postman comes to deliver letters every day.
Related words
Common phrases
mail carrier
Grammar color guide
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Particle
Connector
Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
