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A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

124,726 words. 7,665 spoken by a Taiwanese voice.

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宅配

zháipèi

ㄓㄞˊ ㄆㄟˋ

  1. 1delivery service, primarily C2C and B2C (Tw)
In Taiwan

Home delivery by courier, a term borrowed from Japanese 宅配便 — online shops offer 宅配 alongside convenience-store pickup. The everyday mainland word for a courier service is 快遞.

Example

這箱水果可以宅配到家。

zhè xiāng shuǐguǒ kěyǐ zháipèi dàojiā

This box of fruit can be couriered to your door.

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