通信

Chinese

 
go through; know well; to connect
go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
 
letter; true; to believe
letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
trad. (通信) 通 信
simp. #(通信) 通 信

Pronunciation


Verb

通信

  1. to correspond (communicate by exchanging letters); to communicate
    他們好久沒有通信了。 [MSC, trad.]
    他们好久没有通信了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen hǎojiǔ méiyǒu tōngxìn le. [Pinyin]
    They haven't written to each other for a long time.
  2. to transmit (signal, messages, etc.)
    全球移動通信系統 [MSC, trad.]
    全球移动通信系统 [MSC, simp.]
    quánqiú yídòng tōngxìn xìtǒng [Pinyin]
    Global System for Mobile Communications

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 通信員/通信员 (tōngxìnyuán)
  • 通信系統/通信系统
  • 通信網/通信网
  • 通信處/通信处
  • 通信衛星/通信卫星
  • 通信賽/通信赛
  • 通信錄/通信录

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (通信):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
通 信
つう
Grade: 2
しん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Sinitic 通信 (tōngxìn).

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) つうしん [tsùúshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
    • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝːɕĩɴ]

    Noun

    通(つう)信(しん) • (tsūshin) 

    1. communication
      飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き)からの通信(つうしん)が切(き)れた。
      Hikōki kara no tsūshin ga kireta.
      We've lost communication with the airplane.
    2. correspondence
    3. news

    Derived terms

    Verb

    通(つう)信(しん)する • (tsūshin suru) transitive suru (stem 通(つう)信(しん)し (tsūshin shi), past 通(つう)信(しん)した (tsūshin shita))

    1. to communicate (generally using an electronic device)

    Conjugation

    References

    1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
    • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

    Korean

    Hanja in this term
    通信

    Noun

    通信 • (tongsin) (hangeul 통신)

    1. Hanja form? of 통신 (“communication”).

    Vietnamese

    Hán tự in this term
    通信

    Noun

    通信

    1. chữ Hán form of thông tin (“information; news”).

    Verb

    通信

    1. chữ Hán form of thông tin (“to give information, to inform”).
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