电传

電傳
diànchuán
verb #36,326

Meanings

  1. 1 to send by telex/fax/electronic transmission
  2. 2 telex (the message or system)
  3. 3 teleprinter

Examples

Qǐng bǎ hétong diànchuán gěi Niǔyuē bànshìchù.
Please telex the contract to the New York office.
Xiàndài kèjī dàduō cǎiyòng diànchuán cāozòng xìtǒng.
Modern airliners mostly use fly-by-wire control systems.

Tips

history
From the 1970s through the 1990s, 电传 typically meant 'telex' — the office machine that sent text messages over phone lines. Today it survives mainly in 电传操纵 'fly-by-wire' (the avionics term) and in legacy commercial documents.

Stroke Order

diàn
chuán