快讯 (kuài xùn) — news flash, bulletin, breaking news

Definition

noun

news flashbulletinbreaking news

Measure word · 条

快讯。
Diàn shì tái chā bō le yì tiáo zhòng yào kuài xùn.
The TV station interrupted the program with an important news flash.
快讯。
Zú qiú bǐ sài de zuì xīn kuài xùn lái le.
The latest bulletin on the soccer match has arrived.
快讯。
Wǎng zhàn fā bù le zuì xīn de yì qíng kuài xùn.
The website released the latest breaking news on the epidemic.

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.

快 (quick) and 讯 (news) together mean a brief, quickly delivered news item.

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.

忄夬快

Meaning part形符xíngfú

忄Written in full as心xīn

Sound part声符shēngfú

夬

夬guài快kuài

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

快 pairs the left part 忄 (full form 心, the heart) with the right part 夬, which gives the sound.

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.