简讯 (jiǎn xùn) — brief news report; news in brief | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

brief news reportnews in brief

Measure word · 条

Examples

简讯。
Zhè tiáo jiǎn xùn hěn duǎn.
This brief news item is very short.
简讯。
Bào zhǐ shàng yǒu yì zé guān yú dì zhèn de jiǎn xùn.
There is a brief news report about the earthquake in the newspaper.
简讯？
Jīn tiān de zhòng yào jiǎn xùn nǐ kàn le ma?
Have you read today's important news in brief?

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

Brief news in short form is a news in brief.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 簡; 简 is its simplified writing.

竹間簡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

間

閒xián簡jiǎn

Same sound today

In the traditional form 簡, 竹 (bamboo) is paired with 間 (also written 閒) as a sound part; the simplified 简 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 訊; 讯 is its simplified writing.

言卂訊

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

卂

卂xùn訊xùn

Same sound today

The traditional form 訊 combines 言 (words) with 卂 as a sound part; the simplified 讯 is a shorthand.

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