电
报

Telegram in Chinese: 电报 (diàn bào)

diàn bào

telegram

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 電報1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1telegram
  2. 2cable
  3. 3telegraph

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电
报

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ㄉㄧㄢˋ

diàn

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄅㄠˋ

bào

ㄅ/ bㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

电报

Simplified

電報

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 过去人们用电报传递紧急消息。

    guò qù rén men yòng diàn bào chuán dì jǐn jí xiāo xī。

    In the past, people used telegrams to send urgent messages.

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Related words

电

diàn

lightning

报

bào

to announce

电脑

diàn nǎo

computer

电视

diàn shì

television

电影

diàn yǐng

movie

报纸

bào zhǐ

newspaper

电梯

diàn tī

elevator

电子

diàn zǐ

electronic

报道

bào dào

to report (news)

报名

bào míng

to sign up

报告

bào gào

to inform

电池

diàn chí

battery

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