How to say 郵局

  • Traditional characters: 郵局
  • Pinyin (Taiwan standard): yóu jú
  • Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄩˊ
  • Meaning: post office

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郵局 in example sentences

Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.

我到了！你在哪裡？我在郵局對面。

wǒ dào le nǐ zài nǎ lǐ wǒ zài yóu jú duì miàn

(texting) I'm here! Where are you? I'm across from the post office.

From the story 哪一家郵局？ (Which Post Office?)

我也在郵局對面啊。可是我沒看到你。

wǒ yě zài yóu jú duì miàn a kě shì wǒ méi kàn dào nǐ

I'm across from the post office too. But I don't see you.

From the story 哪一家郵局？ (Which Post Office?)

這裡沒有公車站…等一下，你在哪一家郵局？

zhè lǐ méi yǒu gōng chē zhàn děng yí xià nǐ zài nǎ yì jiā yóu jú

There's no bus stop here... wait. Which post office are you at?

From the story 哪一家郵局？ (Which Post Office?)

哪一家？郵局不是只有一家嗎？

nǎ yì jiā yóu jú bú shì zhǐ yǒu yì jiā ma

Which one? Isn't there just the one?

From the story 哪一家郵局？ (Which Post Office?)

大衛，台北有幾百家郵局。你傳你的地址給我。

Dàwèi Tái běi yǒu jǐ bǎi jiā yóu jú nǐ chuán nǐ de dì zhǐ gěi wǒ

David, Taipei has hundreds of post offices. Send me your address.

From the story 哪一家郵局？ (Which Post Office?)

Where 郵局 is taught

  • Unit level: TOCFL Band A (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
  • Unit: Staying Connected
  • Lesson: Errands: Post Office & Bank
  • Taught just before: 號碼
  • Taught just after: 銀行