We haven't received a telegram.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
电报
telegram
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
telegram
02
cable
03
telegraph
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 电报 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 电报 appears in 9 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
On his arrival in London, he sent me a telegram.
On his arrival in London, he sent me a telegram.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 电报.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 电报.
Directly before
- 一份电报3
- 的电报2
- 个电报1
- 收到电报1
- 了电报1
Directly after
- 电报向1
- 电报就1
- 电报给1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 电报
What does 电报 mean in Chinese?
电报 (diànbào) means telegram.
How do you pronounce 电报?
电报 is pronounced diànbào.
Is 电报 an HSK word?
电报 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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