切手

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 切 (きっ)手 (て) (kitte).

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

Noun

切手

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien 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 (San Tin 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
Hsinchu (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
切 手
き > きっ
Grade: 2		 て
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
Derived terms
  • 切 (きっ)手 (て)帳 (ちょう) (kittechō): stamp album; stamp booklet
  • 切手集 (きってあつ)め (kitteatsume): stamp collecting
  • 切 (きっ)手 (て)収 (しゅう)集 (しゅう) (kitte shūshū): philately, stamp collecting
  • 切 (きっ)手 (て)収 (しゅう)集 (しゅう)家 (か) (kitte shūshūka): philatelist, stamp collector
  • 切 (きっ)手 (て)を溜 (た)める (kitte o tameru): collect stamps
  • 小 (こ)切 (ぎっ)手 (て) (kogitte): check
  • 小切手外交 (こぎってがいこう) (kogitte gaikō): checkbook diplomacy
  • 記 (き)念 (ねん)切 (きっ)手 (て) (kinen kitte): special issue stamp
  • 商 (しょう)品 (ひん)切 (きっ)手 (て) (shōhin kitte): merchandise certificate
  • 郵 (ゆう)便 (びん)切 (きっ)手 (て) (yūbin kitte): postage stamp
  • 偽 (ぎ)小 (こ)切 (ぎっ)手 (て) (gikogitte): counterfeit check, bad paper
  • 送 (そう)金 (きん)小 (こ)切 (ぎっ)手 (て) (sōkin kogitte): cashier's check, demand draft
  • 保 (ほ)証 (しょう)小 (こ)切 (ぎっ)手 (て) (hoshō kogitte): certified check
  • 旅 (りょ)行 (こう)小 (こ)切 (ぎっ)手 (て) (ryokō kogitte): traveler's check
  • 使 (し)用 (よう)済 (ず)み切 (きっ)手 (て) (shiyōzumi kitte): used stamps
  • 国際返信切手券 (こくさいへんしんきってけん) (kokusai henshin kitte-ken): international reply-paid coupon
  • 不渡 (ふわた)り小 (こ)切 (ぎっ)手 (て) (fuwatari kogitte): dishonored check
  • 旅 (りょ)行 (こう)者 (しゃ)用 (よう)小 (こ)切 (ぎっ)手 (て) (ryokōsha-yō kogitte): traveler's check
  • 給料支払小切手 (きゅうりょうしはらいこぎって) (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") + 手 (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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