電報

See also: 电报

Chinese
electric; electricity; electrical
 
to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge
trad. (電報) 電 報
simp. (电报) 电 报

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 電 (でん)報 (ぽう) (denpō).

Pronunciation

Noun

電報

  1. telegraphy (electric telegraphy)
  2. telegram (a message sent by electric telegraphy)

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
電 報
でん
Grade: 2		 ほう > ぽう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

電報 (hiragana でんぽう, rōmaji denpō)

  1. telegram

Derived terms
  • 電 (でん)報 (ぽう)を打 (う)つ (denpō o utsu, “to send a telegram”)

Descendants

Korean
Hanja in this term
電報

Noun

電報 • (jeonbo) (hangeul 전보)

  1. Hanja form? of 전보 (“telegram”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
電報

Noun

電報

  1. Hán tự form of điện báo (“telegram”).
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