"音信" meaning in Chinese

See 音信 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /in⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jɐm⁵⁵ sɵn³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /im⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /im³³ sin⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /im⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /im⁴⁴⁻³³ sin¹¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /im⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 音信
  1. message (information conveyed); news Derived forms: 杳無音信 (yǎowúyīnxìn), 杳无音信 (yǎowúyīnxìn), 音信杳然 (yīnxìnyǎorán), 音信杳無, 音信杳无
    Sense id: en-音信-zh-noun-yg4MFqT6 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Synonyms: 信兒 (xìnr) [colloquial], 信儿 (xìnr) [colloquial], 信息 (xìnxī) [Mainland-China], 口信 (kǒuxìn) (english: oral message), 消耗 (xiāohào) [archaic], 訊息 (xùnxī) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan], 讯息 (xùnxī) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan], 音問 (yīnwèn) [literary], 音问 (yīnwèn) [literary], 音訊 (yīnxùn), 音讯 (yīnxùn)
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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          "roman": "yǎowúyīnxìn",
          "word": "杳無音信"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǎowúyīnxìn",
          "word": "杳无音信"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīnxìnyǎorán",
          "word": "音信杳然"
        },
        {
          "word": "音信杳無"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "xìnr",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "信儿"
        },
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          "roman": "xìnxī",
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          "word": "信息"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "kǒuxìn",
          "word": "口信"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiāohào",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "消耗"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xùnxī",
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            "Hong-Kong",
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          ],
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          "roman": "xùnxī",
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          "roman": "yīnwèn",
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          ],
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      "zh_pron": "yīnxìn"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣˋ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jam¹ seon³"
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    {
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        "Hokkien",
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      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣˋ"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "yinsìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yin¹-hsin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yīn-syìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "inshinn"
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    {
      "roman": "inʹsinʹ",
      "tags": [
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yem¹ sên³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐm⁵⁵ sɵn³³/",
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "音信",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
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        "Hong Kong"
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      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "im-sìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "im-sìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "imsixn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/im⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/im³³ sin⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
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        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
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      "ipa": "/im⁴⁴⁻³³ sin¹¹/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/im⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²¹/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
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    }
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}
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      "roman": "yǎowúyīnxìn",
      "word": "杳無音信"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎowúyīnxìn",
      "word": "杳无音信"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnxìnyǎorán",
      "word": "音信杳然"
    },
    {
      "word": "音信杳無"
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    {
      "word": "音信杳无"
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        "Jyutping"
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        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
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      "zh_pron": "yīn-syìn"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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    {
      "roman": "inʹsinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
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      "ipa": "/in⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/",
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        "Standard-Chinese",
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    {
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yām seun"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
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    },
    {
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        "Hong Kong"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yem¹ sên³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐm⁵⁵ sɵn³³/",
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
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        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
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    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "im-sìn"
    },
    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/im⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/im³³ sin⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/im⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/im⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²¹/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
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      "roman": "xìnr",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "信兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xìnr",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "信儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xìnxī",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "信息"
    },
    {
      "english": "oral message",
      "roman": "kǒuxìn",
      "word": "口信"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāohào",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "消耗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xùnxī",
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "訊息"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xùnxī",
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
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    },
    {
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      ],
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "音问"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnxùn",
      "word": "音訊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnxùn",
      "word": "音讯"
    }
  ],
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}

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