HSK 6 · Media

通讯 tōngxùn “communication” in Chinese

Traditional 通訊

What 通讯 means

  1. communication
  2. news report
  3. communications
  4. news story
  5. dispatch

Measure word 个 gè · 一个通讯 yí ge tōngxùn

How to say 通讯

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale通tōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale讯xùn4th tone, falling

通讯 in a sentence

  1. 现代通讯技术让我们联系更方便。

    Xiàndài tōngxùn jìshù ràng wǒmen liánxì gèng fāngbiàn.

    Modern communications technology makes it easier for us to stay in touch.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这篇通讯报道了一位乡村教师的故事。

    Zhè piān tōngxùn bàodào le yí wèi xiāngcūn jiàoshī de gùshi.

    This news feature tells the story of a country schoolteacher.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 通讯 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 通 (tōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
通tōngto go through
  • 甬path · tǒngSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 甬 (tǒng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tōng.

The character 讯 (xùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
讯xùnto ask; to inquire
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 卂to fly rapidly · xùnSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 卂 (xùn) hints at the sound. Compare it with xùn.

How to write 通讯

通 10 strokes · 讯 5 strokes

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通讯 (tōngxùn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 通讯 (tōngxùn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 通讯

Words with 通

通tōng · to go through通知tōngzhī · to notify通过tōngguò · to pass through交通jiāotōng · traffic普通话pǔtōnghuà · Mandarin沟通gōutōng · to communicate通常tōngcháng · regular畅通chàngtōng · unimpeded通俗tōngsú · popular通用tōngyòng · in common use

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FAQs

通讯 (tōngxùn) means “communication” or “news report”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tōngxùn: tōng with a 1st tone, then xùn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 通讯 is written 通訊. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one communication is 一个通讯 (yí ge tōngxùn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tongxun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 通讯 from the suggestions. Typing tongxun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
通讯 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.