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讯

xùn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 訊

What 讯 means

1. bound formto ask; to inquire
2. bound formto interrogate; to question
3. bound formnews; information

Example sentences

• 她闻讯放声大哭。
  Tā wénxùn fàngshēngdàkū.
  When she heard that, she broke into tears.
• 他收集了一些讯息。
  He collected bits of information.
• 请给我们更多讯息。
  Please send us more information.
• 有任何给我的讯息吗？
  Yǒu rènhé gěi wǒ de xùnxī ma?
  Are there any messages for me?
• 你有一个紧急的讯息。
  Nǐ yǒu yī gè jǐnjí de xùnxī.
  There is an urgent message for you.
• 你最近有她的音讯吗？
  Nǐ zuì jìn yǒu tā de yīnxùn ma?
  Have you heard from her recently?

Words starting with 讯

• 讯息xùn xīinformation; news; message; text message; SMS
• 讯问xùn wènto interrogate; to ask about
• 讯号xùn hàosignal
• 讯框中继xùn kuàng zhōng jìframe relay (telecommunications)

Words containing 讯

• 通讯tōng xùncommunications; news story; dispatch
• 资讯zī xùninformation
• 审讯shěn xùninquest; trial; interrogation
• 通讯员tōng xùn yuáncorrespondent; reporter; messenger boy
• 电讯diàn xùntelecommunications; telecom
• 快讯kuài xùnnewsflash
• 闻讯wén xùnto receive news (of)
• 音讯yīn xùnletters; mail; news
• 喜讯xǐ xùngood news; glad tidings
• 通讯录tōng xùn lùaddress book; directory
• 问讯wèn xùninterrogation; greeting
• 刑讯xíng xùninterrogation under torture; inquisition
• 简讯jiǎn xùnnewsletter; the news in brief; (Taiwan) SMS message
• 通讯社tōng xùn shèa news service (e.g. Xinhua)
• 腾讯Téng xùnTencent, Chinese tech conglomerate, founded in 1998
• 死讯sǐ xùnnews of sb's death
• 传讯chuán xùn(law) to summon (a witness); to subpoena; to arraign (an offender)…
• 提讯tí xùnto bring sb to trial
• 收讯shōu xùn(wireless) reception
• 时讯shí xùnnews; current events
• 短讯duǎn xùnSMS; text message
• 私讯sī xùn(Taiwan) private message; to send a private message
• 视讯shì xùnvideo (Tw)
• 警讯jǐng xùnwarning sign; police call

Characters built on 卂

These share the phonetic component 卂 (xùn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 迅xùnrapid; fast
• 汛xùnhigh water; flood; to sprinkle water

Characters that look like 讯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 巡xúnto patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
• 讽fěngto satirize; to mock; to recite
• 讷nèto speak slowly; inarticulate
• 讥jīto ridicule
• 讬tuōnonstandard simplified variant of 托

Sounds the same

Read xùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 训to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings…
• 迅rapid; fast
• 逊to abdicate; modest; yielding
• 驯to attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. xún
• 巽to obey; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; ☴
• 殉to be buried with the dead; to die for a cause
• 浚used in 浚县
• 徇to give in to; to be swayed by (personal considerations etc); Taiwan pr. xún
• 汛high water; flood; to sprinkle water
• 蕈mold; mushroom
• 侚(literary) quick; variant of 殉
• 潠spurt out of the mouth