通讯社

通訊社
tōngxùnshè
noun #37,244

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 news agency
  2. 2 press agency
  3. 3 wire service

Examples

Xīnhuá Tōngxùnshè shì Zhōngguó zuì dà de tōngxùnshè.
Xinhua News Agency is China's largest news agency.
Lùtòu Tōngxùnshè fābù le zuìxīn de shìchǎng fēnxī.
Reuters News Agency released the latest market analysis.

Tips

culture
Common collocations: 新华社 (Xinhua), 中新社 (China News Service), (Reuters), 美联社 (AP), (AFP). The full form 通讯社 is mostly used in formal lists; everyday speech drops 通讯 and just says (e.g. 新华社, ).
memory
通讯 'communication' + 'agency / society' → an agency that communicates news.

Stroke Order

tōng
xùn
shè