通信

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Etymology

From Sinitic 通信.

Pronunciation

Noun

通信 (hiragana つうしん, romaji tsūshin)

  1. communication
    飛行機からの通信が切れた。
    ひこうきからのつうしんがきれた。
    Hikōki kara no tsūshin ga kireta.
    We've lost communication with the airplane.
  2. correspondence
  3. news

Compounds

Verb

通信 + する (transitive, irregular conjugation, hiragana つうしんする, romaji tsūshin suru)通信する 通信 suru

  1. to communicate (generally using an electronic device)

Conjugation


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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

Noun

通信 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin tōngxìn)

  1. communication

Verb

通信 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin tōngxìn)

  1. to communicate
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