電信

See also: 电信

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
trad. (電信)		電	信
simp. (电信)		电	信

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diànxìn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ seon³
Min Nan (POJ): tiān-sìn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: diànxìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannshinn
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: din⁶ seon³
  - Yale: dihn seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ sên³
  - IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² sɵn³³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    電信／电信
    電訊／电讯
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: tiān-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diexnsixn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ ɕin²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² ɕin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ ɕin²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ ɕin¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ ɕin²¹/

Noun

電信

telecommunications

Derived terms

郵電／邮电 (yóudiàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (電信):

Japanese: 電 (でん)信 (しん) (denshin)
Korean: 전신 (電信, jeonsin)
Vietnamese: điện tín (電信)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	信
でん Grade: 2	しん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

電信 (hiragana でんしん, rōmaji denshin)

communication by telegraph

Compounds

電 (でん)信 (しん)機 (き) (denshinki, “a telegraph”)

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