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通信

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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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tōngxìn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ seon³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thûng-sin
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thong-sìn

(Teochew, Peng'im): tong¹ sing³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tōngxìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tongsìn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-hsin⁴
  - Yale: tūng-syìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongshinn
  - Palladius: тунсинь (tunsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tung¹ seon³
  - Yale: tūng seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵn³³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    通信
    通訊 / 通讯
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thûng-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung^ˊ xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung¹ xin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: thong-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tongsixn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ sin⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tong¹ sing³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thong sìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoŋ³³⁻²³ siŋ²¹³/

Verb

通信

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.
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

(to correspond): (Hokkien) 通批
(to transmit): (dated) 通訊／通讯 (tōngxùn)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (通信):

→ Japanese: 通信(つうしん) (tsūshin)
→ Korean: 통신(通信) (tongsin)
→ Vietnamese: thông tin (通信)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

通(つう)信(しん) • (tsūshin)

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.
correspondence
news

Derived terms

通(つう)信(しん)機(き) (tsūshinki): a communicator, a communication device
通信社(つうしんしゃ) (tsūshinsha): a news agency
通信員(つうしんいん) (tsūshin'in)
パソコン通信(つうしん) (pasokontsūshin)

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))

to communicate (generally using an electronic device)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "通信する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	通信し	つうしんし	tsūshin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	通信し	つうしんし	tsūshin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	通信する	つうしんする	tsūshin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	通信する	つうしんする	tsūshin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	通信すれ	つうしんすれ	tsūshin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	通信せよ¹ 通信しろ²	つうしんせよ¹ つうしんしろ²	tsūshin seyo¹ tsūshin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	通信される	つうしんされる	tsūshin sareru
Causative	通信させる通信さす	つうしんさせるつうしんさす	tsūshin saseru tsūshin sasu
Potential	通信できる	つうしんできる	tsūshin dekiru
Volitional	通信しよう	つうしんしよう	tsūshin shiyō
Negative	通信しない	つうしんしない	tsūshin shinai
Negative continuative	通信せず	つうしんせず	tsūshin sezu
Formal	通信します	つうしんします	tsūshin shimasu
Perfective	通信した	つうしんした	tsūshin shita
Conjunctive	通信して	つうしんして	tsūshin shite
Hypothetical conditional	通信すれば	つうしんすれば	tsūshin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“通信”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
通	信

Noun

通信 • (tongsin) (hangeul 통신)

hanja form^? of 통신 (“communication”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
通	信

Noun

通信

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

Verb

通信

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

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