电讯 diànxùn telecommunications
telecommunications; telecom
How to remember 电讯: 电 electricity + 讯 news = telecommunications.
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How it is used
- Telecom messages / dispatches - 电讯稿 (diànxùngǎo) a wire dispatch; 电讯技术 (telecom technology).
- Emphasizes the transmitted news/signals themselves, common in journalism (news wires).
- Overlaps with 电信 (diànxìn) but 电讯 leans toward communications content and dispatches, 电信 toward the industry/service.