簡訊

See also: 简讯

Chinese

		simple	to question; to ask; to interrogate to question; to ask; to interrogate; rapid; speedy; fast; news; information
trad. (簡訊)		簡	訊
simp. (简讯)		简	讯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnxùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan² seon³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kán-sìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnxùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnsyùn
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-hsün⁴
    • Yale: jyǎn-syùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanshiunn
    • Palladius: цзяньсюнь (czjanʹsjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕyn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan² seon³
    • Yale: gáan seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan² soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan² sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵ sɵn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán-sìn
    • Tâi-lô: kán-sìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafnsixn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin⁴¹/

Noun

簡訊

1. news in brief; newsletter
2. (chiefly Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand) text message; SMS

Synonyms

• (news in brief): 通訊／通讯 (tōngxùn)
• (text message):

• 短信 (duǎnxìn)
• 短信息 (duǎnxìnxī)
• 短消息
• 短訊／短讯 (duǎnxùn) (chiefly Hong Kong)
• 短訊息／短讯息

 

Dialectal synonyms of 短信息 (“text message; SMS”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		短訊息, 短信息 Mainland China, 短信 Mainland China, 短消息 Mainland China, 簡訊 Taiwan, Singapore
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	簡訊
	Singapore	簡訊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	短訊

References

• Chanicha Kidprasert (2016-03-21) 泰国华语与汉语普通话书面语差异研究 [The Difference of Writing Pattern between Thai “Huayu” and Mandarin] (PhD) (in Chinese), Harbin: Heilongjiang University