通信

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Chinese

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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)
simp. #(通信)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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通信

  1. to correspond (communicate by exchanging letters); to communicate
    他們好久沒有通信 [MSC, trad.]
    他们好久没有通信 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen hǎojiǔ méiyǒu tōngxìn le. [Pinyin]
    They haven't written to each other for a long time.
  2. to transmit (signal, messages, etc.)
    全球移動通信系統 [MSC, trad.]
    全球移动通信系统 [MSC, simp.]
    quánqiú yídòng tōngxìn xìtǒng [Pinyin]
    Global System for Mobile Communications

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (通信):

Japanese

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

Etymology

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From Sinitic 通信 (tōngxìn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(つう)(しん) (tsūshin

  1. communication
    ()(こう)()からの通信(つうしん)()れた。
    Hikōki kara no tsūshin ga kireta.
    We've lost communication with the airplane.
  2. correspondence
  3. news

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Verb

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(つう)(しん)する (tsūshin surutransitive suru (stem (つう)(しん) (tsūshin shi), past (つう)(しん)した (tsūshin shita))

  1. to communicate (generally using an electronic device)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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通信 (tongsin) (hangeul 통신)

  1. hanja form? of 통신 (communication)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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通信

  1. chữ Hán form of thông tin (information; news).

Verb

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通信

  1. chữ Hán form of thông tin (to give information, to inform).