訊 (seon3 | xun4) : enquire; information

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訊

seon3

xun4

[1] enquire; ask after; interrogate; question
[2] information; news; message; dispatch

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

訊 / 讯

This word has been viewed 7342 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Jan 2010 00:28

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死訊 sei2 seon3 si3 xun4 = news of sb's death

短訊 dyun2 seon3 duan3 xun4 = SMS text message

審訊 sam2 seon3 shen3 xun4 = a trial; a courtroom hearing

喜訊 hei2 seon3 xi3 xun4 = good news

電訊 din6 seon3 dian4 xun4 = telecommunications; radio communication signals

發送短訊 faat3 sung3 dyun2 seon3 fa1 song4 duan3 xun4 = to send a (mobile phone) text message; to text

資訊 zi1 seon3 zi1 xun4 = information

通訊 tung1 seon3 tong1 xun4 = communication

通訊社 tung1 seon3 se5 tong1 xun4 she4 = news agency; press agency; news service; press service

訊息 seon3 sik1 xun4 xi1 = message
See all 54 compounds (CantoDict reports 60 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 訊
Unicode code for this character: U+8a0a (off-site link)

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