通信

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. [Pinyin]
    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 [Pinyin]
    Global System for Mobile Communications

Synonyms

Derived terms

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
    • (Tokyo) つうしん [tsùúshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
    • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝːɕĩɴ]

    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, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →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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