电报

電報

diànbào

noun HSK 7 #7,201

Measure Word

一封电报 fēng

Meanings

1 telegram; telegraph

Characters

electricity; electric

report; newspaper

Examples

他发了一封电报回家。

Tā fā le yī fēng diànbào huíjiā.

He sent a telegram home.

在手机出现之前，人们靠电报通信。

Zài shǒujī chūxiàn zhīqián, rénmen kào diànbào tōngxìn.

Before mobile phones appeared, people communicated by telegram.

这封电报是从前线发来的。

Zhè fēng diànbào shì cóng qiánxiàn fā lái de.

This telegram was sent from the front lines.

Tips

memory

电 (electricity) + 报 (report/news) = an electrical report, i.e., a telegram.

Stroke Order

电 diàn

报 bào