Chinese symbol for “mailman”
邮递员
yóu dì yuán
Traditional: 郵遞員
mailman
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mailman is 邮递员 (yóu dì yuán), defined as: mailman.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mailman”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邮差 (郵差) | yóu chāi | postman; mailman (dated in mainland China) |
| 邮务士 (郵務士) | yóu wù shì | mailman (Tw) |
| 投递员 (投遞員) | tóu dì yuán | courier; mailman |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 邮递员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邮件 (郵件) | yóu jiàn | mail; post |
| 邮政 (郵政) | yóu zhèng | postal service; postal |
| 电子邮件 (電子郵件) | diàn zǐ yóu jiàn | email; measure word: 封 (fēng), 份 (fèn) |
| 邮局 (郵局) | yóu jú | post office; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè) |
| 邮票 (郵票) | yóu piào | (postage) stamp; measure word: 枚 (méi), 张 (zhāng) |
| 邮箱 (郵箱) | yóu xiāng | mailbox; post office box |
| 传递 (傳遞) | chuán dì | to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive |
| 快递 (快遞) | kuài dì | express delivery |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mailman”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.