消息

Chinese

 
consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish
 
rest; news; interest; breath
simp. and trad.
(消息)		 消 息

Pronunciation

Noun

消息

  1. (countable, uncountable) message; news; information (Classifier: 條／条; 個／个)
    內部消息 / 内部消息  ―  nèibù xiāoxi  ―  inside news
    我有一個好消息，和一個壞消息，你想先聽哪一個？ [MSC, trad.]
    我有一个好消息，和一个坏消息，你想先听哪一个？ [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ yǒu yī ge hǎo xiāoxi, hé yī ge huài xiāoxi, nǐ xiǎng xiān tīng nǎ yī ge? [Pinyin]
    I have good news and I have bad news - which one would you like to hear first?
    等你好消息。  ―  Děng nǐ hǎo xiāoxi.  ―  Look forward to hearing the good news.
  2. (countable) omen
  3. (countable) essence
  4. (countable) mechanism
  5. (countable) hinge; crux

Usage notes

  • 消息 refers to news as in new information; to express the meaning of news as in reports of current events, use 新聞／新闻 (xīnwén).
  • Note that: while in English, "news" is usually not countable, this is not the case in Mandarin, as one can say:
    兩個消息，三個消息，等等 [MSC, trad.]
    两个消息，三个消息，等等 [MSC, simp.]
    liǎng ge xiāoxi, sān ge xiāoxi, děngděng [Pinyin]
    Two pieces of news, three pieces of news, etc.

Verb

消息

  1. (archaic) to increase and decrease
  2. (archaic) to subjoin
  3. (archaic) to change
  4. (archaic) to rest
  5. (archaic) to recuperate
  6. (archaic) to calm down
  7. (archaic) to deliberate

Japanese

Kanji in this term
消 息
しょう
Grade: 3		 そく
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

消息 (hiragana しょうそく, rōmaji shōsoku)

  1. word (news, tidings)
  2. recent information, developments

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
消息

Noun

消息 • (sosik) (hangeul 소식)

  1. Hanja form? of 소식 (“news”).
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