電報

See also: 电报

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge
trad. (電報)		電	報
simp. (电报)		电	报

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): diànbào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄠˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дянбо (di͡anbo, III-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ bou³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thien-po

  (Hailu, HRS): tien^˖ bo^ˇ

• Jin (Wiktionary): die³ bau³
• Eastern Min (BUC): diêng-bó̤
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deng⁵ bo⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-pò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diêng⁶ bo³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶di-pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànbào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànbào
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-pao⁴
    • Yale: dyàn-bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannbaw
    • Palladius: дяньбао (djanʹbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дянбо (di͡anbo, III-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiæ̃⁴⁴ pɔ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ bou³
    • Yale: dihn bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² pou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-po
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien bo
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian⁴ bo⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ po⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien^˖ bo^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰien³³ po¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: die³ bau³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tie⁴⁵ pau⁴⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diêng-bó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(p-)mɔ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵ bo⁴ [Phonetic: deng¹ mo⁴]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dēng-beo̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ¹¹⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)mo⁴²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵ bo⁴ [Phonetic: deng¹ mo⁴]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)mo⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-pò
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-pò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexnpoix
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ po²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² po⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ po²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ po¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ pɤ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diêng⁶ bo³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiĕng pò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ po²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶di-pau
    • MiniDict: di^去 pau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-pau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² pɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

電報

1. (uncountable) telegraphy (electric telegraphy)
2. (countable) telegram (a message sent by electric telegraphy) (Classifier: 封)

Derived terms

• 打電報 / 打电报 (dǎ diànbào)
• 拍電報 / 拍电报 (pāi diànbào)
• 無線電報 / 无线电报 (wúxiàn diànbào)
• 電報機 / 电报机 (diànbàojī)

Proper noun

電報

1. (unofficial) Telegram (an instant messaging service)

   電報群／电报群  ―  Diànbào qún  ―  Telegram group

Further reading

• “電報”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• “電報”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
• “電報”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 34.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	報
でん Grade: 2	ほう > ぽう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) でんぽー [dèńpóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [dẽ̞mpo̞ː]

Noun

電(でん)報(ぽう) • (denpō) 

1. telegram

Derived terms

• 電報(でんぽう)を打(う)つ (denpō o utsu, “to send a telegram”)

References

• “電報”, 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	報

Noun

電報 • (jeonbo) (hangeul 전보)

1. hanja form^? of 전보 (“telegram”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
電	報

Noun

電報

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