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
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): din⁶ seon³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): en⁵ lhin¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thien-sin

(Hailu, HRS): tien^˖ sin^ˇ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deng⁵ sing⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiān-sìn

(Teochew, Peng'im): diang⁶ sing³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diànxìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diànsìn
  - Wade–Giles: tien⁴-hsin⁴
  - Yale: dyàn-syìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannshinn
  - Palladius: дяньсинь (djanʹsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: din⁶ seon³
  - Yale: dihn seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² sɵn³³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    電信 / 电信
    電訊 / 电讯
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: en⁵ lhin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /en³² ɬin³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian⁴ xin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ sin⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^˖ sin^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰien³³ sin¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵ sing⁴ [Phonetic: deng¹ sing⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dēng-si̍ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ¹¹⁻⁵⁵ ɬiŋ⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵ sing⁴ [Phonetic: deng¹ sing⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵ ɬiŋ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: tiān-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diexnsixn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ sin²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² sin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ sin²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ sin¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ sin²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diang⁶ sing³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiăng sìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ²¹³/

Noun

電信

telecommunications
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (obsolete) telegram
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (obsolete) telegraph

Synonyms

(telecommunications): 電訊／电讯 (diànxùn)

Derived terms

郵電 / 邮电 (yóudiàn)
電信局 / 电信局 (diànxìnjú)
電信詐騙 / 电信诈骗 (diànxìn zhàpiàn)

Proper noun

電信

(Mainland China) short for 中國／中国电信 (Zhōngguó Diànxìn, “China Telecom”)

Japanese

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

Alternative spellings
𫌷𮘁

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) でんしん [dèńshíń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

電(でん)信(しん) • (denshin)

communication by telegraph

Derived terms

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

Descendants

→ Chinese: 電信 / 电信 (diànxìn)

Korean

Hanja in this term
電	信

Noun

電信 • (jeonsin) (hangeul 전신)

hanja form^? of 전신 (“telegraph”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
電	信

Noun

電信

chữ Hán form of điện tín (“telegram”)