通信

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Chinese

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) 通 信
simp. #(通信) 通 信

Pronunciation

Verb

通信

  1. to correspond (communicate by exchanging letters); to communicate
    他們好久沒有通信了。 [MSC, trad.]
    他们好久没有通信了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen hǎojiǔ méiyǒu tōngxìn le.
    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
    Global System for Mobile Communications

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (通信):

Japanese

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

Etymology

From Sinitic 通信 (tōngxìn).

Pronunciation

Noun

通(つう)信(しん) • (tsūshin) 

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

Derived terms

Verb

通(つう)信(しん)する • (tsūshin suru) transitive suru (stem 通(つう)信(しん)し (tsūshin shi), past 通(つう)信(しん)した (tsūshin shita))

  1. to communicate (generally using an electronic device)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "通信する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 通信し つうしんし tsūshin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 通信し つうしんし tsūshin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 通信する つうしんする tsūshin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 通信する つうしんする tsūshin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 通信すれ つうしんすれ tsūshin sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 通信せよ¹
通信しろ² 		つうしんせよ¹
つうしんしろ² 		tsūshin seyo¹
tsūshin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 通信される つうしんされる tsūshin sareru
Causative 通信させる
通信さす 		つうしんさせる
つうしんさす 		tsūshin saseru
tsūshin sasu
Potential 通信できる つうしんできる tsūshin dekiru
Volitional 通信しよう つうしんしよう tsūshin shiyō
Negative 通信しない つうしんしない tsūshin shinai
Negative continuative 通信せず つうしんせず tsūshin sezu
Formal 通信します つうしんします tsūshin shimasu
Perfective 通信した つうしんした tsūshin shita
Conjunctive 通信して つうしんして tsūshin shite
Hypothetical conditional 通信すれば つうしんすれば tsūshin sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (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

Hanja in this term
通信

Noun

通信 • (tongsin) (hangeul 통신)

  1. hanja form? of 통신 (“communication”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
通信

Noun

通信

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

Verb

通信

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