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电信

diànxìn

telecommunications

A signal tower with waves and a person holding a phone
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Characters in this word

电 diàn

Strokes
5
Radical
曰 — to speak
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

信 xìn

Strokes
9
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 言 words, speech

Example phrases

  • 偏远山区的电信基础设施薄弱,限制了远程教育的普及。 Piānyuǎn shānqū de diànxìn jīchǔ shèshī bóruò, xiànzhì le yuǎnchéng jiàoyù de pǔjí. Weak telecommunications infrastructure in remote mountain areas has limited the spread of distance education.
  • 他在一家电信公司工作,负责手机信号。 Tā zài yì jiā diànxìn gōngsī gōngzuò, fùzé shǒujī xìnhào. He works at a telecom company and is in charge of mobile signal.
  • 电信服务改善后,山里的孩子也能上网课了。 Diànxìn fúwù gǎishàn hòu, shān lǐ de háizi yě néng shàng wǎngkè le. After telecom services improved, children in the mountains could also take online classes.

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