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

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 電(でん)報(ぽう) (denpō).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 電報

1. telegraphy (electric telegraphy)
2. telegram (a message sent by electric telegraphy)

Derived terms

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Japanese

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

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”)

Descendants

• Chinese: 電報／电报 (diànbào)
• Korean: 전보 (jeonbo)
• Vietnamese: điện báo

Further reading

• “Entry #10356”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
電	報

Noun

電報 • (jeonbo) (hangeul 전보)

1. Hanja form^? of 전보 (“telegram”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
電	報

Noun

電報

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