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 (Jyutping): din⁶ seon³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-sìn

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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

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-sìn
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-sìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexnsixn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ sin²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² sin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ sin²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ sin¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ sin²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 電信

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (電信):

• → Japanese: 電信(でんしん) (denshin)
• → Korean: 전신(電信) (jeonsin)
• → Vietnamese: điện tín (電信)

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Japanese

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

Alternative forms

• 𫌷

Noun

電(でん)信(しん) • (denshin) 

1. communication by telegraph

Derived terms

• 電信(でんしん)機(き) (denshinki, “a telegraph”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
電	信

Noun

電信 • (jeonsin) (hangeul 전신)

1. Hanja form^? of 전신 (“telegraph”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
電	信

Noun

電信

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