消息

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
trad. (消息)		消	息
simp. #(消息)		消	息

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 消息

1. (countable, uncountable) message; news; information (Classifier: 條／条; 個／个)

   內部消息／内部消息  ―  nèibù xiāoxi  ―  inside news

   我有一個好消息，和一個壞消息，你想先聽哪一個？ [MSC, trad.]
   我有一个好消息，和一个坏消息，你想先听哪一个？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yǒu yī ge hǎo xiāoxi, hé yī ge huài xiāoxi, nǐ xiǎng xiān tīng nǎ yī ge? [Pinyin]

   I have good news and I have bad news - which one would you like to hear first?

   等你好消息。  ―  Děng nǐ hǎo xiāoxi.  ―  Look forward to hearing the good news.

2. (countable) omen
3. (countable) essence
4. (countable) mechanism
5. (countable) hinge; crux
6. (Hokkien) earpick

Synonyms

• (information): 情報／情报 (qíngbào), 線索／线索 (xiànsuǒ)
• (earpick): 耳挖勺 (ěrwāsháo), 耳挖子 (ěrwāzi); (Min Nan) 鉤盌／钩盌, 鉤耳仔／钩耳仔

Usage notes

• 消息 (xiāoxi) refers to news as in new information; to express the meaning of news as in reports of current events, use 新聞／新闻 (xīnwén).
• Note that: while in English, "news" is usually not countable, this is not the case in Mandarin, as one can say:

  兩個消息，三個消息，等等 [MSC, trad.]
  两个消息，三个消息，等等 [MSC, simp.]

  liǎng ge xiāoxi, sān ge xiāoxi, děngděng [Pinyin]

  Two pieces of news, three pieces of news, etc.

Verb

消息

1. (archaic) to increase and decrease
2. (archaic) to subjoin
3. (archaic) to change
4. (archaic) to rest
5. (archaic) to recuperate
6. (archaic) to calm down
7. (archaic) to deliberate

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
消	息
しょう Grade: 3	そく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

消(しょう)息(そく) • (shōsoku) 

1. word (news, tidings)
2. recent information, developments

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
消	息

Noun

消息 • (sosik) (hangeul 소식)

1. Hanja form^? of 소식 (“news”).