電信

See also: 电信

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
trad. (電信)		電	信
simp. (电信)		电	信

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): din⁶ seon³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): en⁵ lhin¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thien-sin

  (Hailu, HRS): tien^˖ sin^ˇ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deng⁵ sing⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-sìn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diang⁶ sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànsìn
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-hsin⁴
    • Yale: dyàn-syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannshinn
    • Palladius: дяньсинь (djanʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: din⁶ seon³
    • Yale: dihn seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² sɵn³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 電信 / 电信 電訊 / 电讯

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: en⁵ lhin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /en³² ɬin³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-sin
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien xin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian⁴ xin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ sin⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien^˖ sin^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰien³³ sin¹¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵ sing⁴ [Phonetic: deng¹ sing⁴]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dēng-si̍ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ¹¹⁻⁵⁵ ɬiŋ⁴²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵ sing⁴ [Phonetic: deng¹ sing⁴]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵ ɬiŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-sìn
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-sìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexnsixn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ sin²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² sin⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ sin²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ sin¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ sin²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diang⁶ sing³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiăng sìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ²¹³/

Noun

電信

1. telecommunications
2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (obsolete) telegram
3. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (obsolete) telegraph

Synonyms

• (telecommunications): 電訊／电讯 (diànxùn)

Derived terms

• 郵電 / 邮电 (yóudiàn)
• 電信局 / 电信局 (diànxìnjú)
• 電信詐騙 / 电信诈骗 (diànxìn zhàpiàn)

Proper noun

電信

1. (Mainland China) short for 中國電信／中国电信 (Zhōngguó Diànxìn, “China Telecom”)

See also

• 移動／移动 (Yídòng)
• 聯通／联通 (Liántōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	信
でん Grade: 2	しん Grade: 4
goon	on'yomi

Alternative spellings
𫌷 (obsolete) 𮘁 (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]
• (Tokyo) でんしん [dèńshíń] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

電(でん)信(しん) • (denshin) 

1. telegraph communication

Derived terms

• 加(か)入(にゅう)電(でん)信(しん) (kanyū denshin)
• 電(でん)信(しん)為替(かわせ) (denshin kawase)
• 電(でん)信(しん)機(き) (denshinki, “telegraph (device)”)
• 電(でん)信(しん)柱(ばしら) (denshinbashira)
• 無(む)線(せん)電(でん)信(しん) (musen denshin)
• 有(ゆう)線(せん)電(でん)信(しん) (yūsen denshin)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 電信 / 电信 (diànxìn)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
電	信

Noun

電信 • (jeonsin) (hangeul 전신)

1. hanja form^? of 전신 (“telegraph”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
電	信

Noun

電信

1. chữ Hán form of điện tín (“telegram”)