HSK · Level 104
45 words
Chinese word
电讯
Pronunciation
Pinyindiàn xùn
Meaning
- nountelegram
Example
公司发来一份电讯。gōng sī fā lái yí fèn diàn xùn
The company sent a telegram.
More examples
在偏远地区，电讯服务仍不稳定。zài piān yuǎn dì qū diàn xùn fú wù réng bù wěn dìng
In remote areas, telecommunications services are still unstable.
Core concept
Information traveling from one place to another through wires or the air, with the transmitted message included.
Common phrases
电讯服务diàn xùn fú wù
telecommunications services
电讯行业diàn xùn háng yè
telecommunications industry
电讯公司diàn xùn gōng sī
telecommunications company
Similar words
通信tōng xìn: The general exchange of information through electrical signals or other signals.
电信diàn xìn: The services and industry that use telephones or the internet to transmit information.
电话diàn huà: Communication with someone by speaking through a telephone.
短信duǎn xìn: A brief written message sent by mobile phone.
Definition in Chinese
利用电力或电波把信息在远距离传送的方式或系统，也指通过这些方式传送的消息。常用于指通过电报、电话或无线电传递的讯息。lì yòng diàn lì huò diàn bō bǎ xìn xī zài yuǎn jù lí chuán sòng de fāng shì huò xì tǒng yě zhǐ tōng guò zhè xiē fāng shì chuán sòng de xiāo xī cháng yòng yú zhǐ tōng guò diàn bào diàn huà huò wú xiàn diàn chuán dì de xùn xī
Word origin
The compound 电 (diàn, "electricity") + 讯 (xùn, "news") links the means of transmission with the news or message being transmitted.
Usage tips
- This word often belongs more to written or official language than to casual conversation, where a more specific communication term is usually clearer.
Related words
- 电讯局diàn xùn jútelecommunications bureaunoun
- 电讯员diàn xùn yuántelecommunications techniciannoun