电报 meaning in English

diànbào

telegram; cable

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 電報12 strokes

Meaning of 电报

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

diànbào

Measure word: 封,份

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

当dāng你nǐ到dào的de时shí候hòu发fā一yī份fèn电diàn报bào给gěi我wǒ们men。

Send us a telegram when you arrive.

我wǒ正zhèng想xiǎng打dǎ电diàn话huà给gěi你nǐ，你nǐ的de电diàn报bào就jiù送sòng来lái了le。

Your telegram arrived just as I was about to telephone you.

你nǐ知zhī道dào谁shuí发fā明míng了le电diàn报bào机jī吗ma？

Do you know who invented the telegraph?

我wǒ们men没méi有yǒu收shōu到dào电diàn报bào。

We haven't received a telegram.

他tā一yī到dào伦lún敦dūn就jiù给gěi我wǒ发fā了le电diàn报bào。

On his arrival in London, he sent me a telegram.

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Words that share a character with 电报.

电话	diànhuà	telephone; phone call
打电话	dǎ diànhuà	to make a telephone call
电影	diànyǐng	movie; film
电视	diànshì	television; TV
电脑	diànnǎo	computer
电影院	diànyǐngyuàn	cinema; movie theater
电视机	diànshìjī	television set
报纸	bàozhǐ	newspaper; newsprint
报名	bàomíng	to sign up; to enter one's name
日报	rìbào	daily newspaper
晚报	wǎnbào	evening newspaper; (in a newspaper's name) Evening News
报告	bàogào	to inform; to report

What does 电报 mean?

电报 (diànbào) means "telegram; cable" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 电报?

电报 is made of 2 characters: 电 (5 strokes), 报 (7 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 电报 an HSK word?

Yes. 电报 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 电报 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 电报 is written 電報.