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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thûng-sin
    • Hakka Romanization System: tung´ 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
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ sin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²¹/

Verb

通信

1. to correspond (communicate by exchanging letters); to communicate

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 通信

1. correspondence (communication by exchanging letters); communication

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

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

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  通信 (tōngxìn).

Noun

通(つう)信(しん) • (tsūshin) 

1. communication

   飛行機(ひこうき)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

• 通信機(つうしんき) (tsūshinki): a communicator, a communication device
• 通信社(つうしんしゃ) (tsūshinsha): a news agency

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

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

• 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
通	信

Noun

通信 • (tongsin) (hangeul 통신)

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

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm 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”).