讯 (xùn): (bound form) to ask, to inquire, (bound form) to interrogate, to question, (bound form) news, information
讯 (xùn) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to ask.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 卂 (phonetic). It ranks #1232 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 讯 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- (bound form) to ask
- to inquire
- (bound form) to interrogate
- to question
- (bound form) news
- information
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 讯
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 审讯verb | shěn xùn | inquest |
| 讯息noun | xùn xī | information |
| 讯号noun | xùn hào | signal |
| 传讯verb | chuán xùn | (law) to summon (a witness) |
| 讯问verb | xùn wèn | to interrogate |
| 死讯noun | sǐ xùn | news of sb's death |
| 问讯verb | wèn xùn | interrogation |
| 资讯noun | zī xùn | information |
| 音讯noun | yīn xùn | letters |
| 刑讯verb | xíng xùn | interrogation under torture |
| 通讯录noun | tōng xùn lù | address book |
| 电讯noun | diàn xùn | telecommunications |
| 简讯noun | jiǎn xùn | newsletter |
| 通讯员noun | tōng xùn yuán | correspondent |
| 喜讯noun | xǐ xùn | good news |
讯 appears in 60 compound words: 7 as the first character, 52 as the last, and 42 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 讯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
讯传身教是最好的教育方式。
xùn chuán shēn jiào shì zuì hǎo de jiào yù fāng shì .
Leading by example is the best form of education.
快讯/国3龙井段惊险车祸!宾士男猛撞缓撞车 ...
kuài xùn guó 3 lóng jǐng duàn jīng xiǎn chē huò ! bīn shì nán měng zhuàng huǎn zhuàng chē . . .
News/National 3 Longjing section thrilling car accident! Mercedes-Benz man slammed into a slow crash ...
快讯/马来西亚沙巴凌晨发生7.1强震
kuài xùn mǎ lái xī yà shā bā líng chén fā shēng 7 . 1 qiáng zhèn
News/A 7.1 earthquake struck Sabah, Malaysia in the early morning
快讯/闯入川普海湖庄园遭击毙 21岁嫌身分曝...
kuài xùn chuǎng rù chuān pǔ hǎi hú zhuāng yuán zāo jī bì 2 1 suì xián shēn fēn pù . . .
News/Breaking into Trump's Mar-a-Lago was killed and the identity of the 21-year-old suspect was exposed...
涉行贿800万换取贷款申请 反贪会捕前电讯公司董事
shè háng huì 8 0 0 wàn huàn qǔ dài kuǎn shēn qǐng fǎn tān huì bǔ qián diàn xùn gōng sī dǒng shì
Involved in bribery of 8 million yuan in exchange for loan applications The Anti-Corruption Commission arrested former telecommunications company directors
AI带旺需求...陆光通讯厂畅旺 订单排到Q4
A I dài wàng xū qiú . . . lù guāng tōng xùn hǎn chàng wàng dìng dān pái dào Q 4
AI drives demand... Luguang Communication Factory is prosperous, and orders are scheduled to Q4
法兰克用暗号留下了一则讯息。
Fǎlánkè yòng ànhào liúxià le yīzé xùnxī.
Frank left a message by means of a secret code.
我要更多详细的讯息。
Wǒ yào gèng duō xiángxì de xùnxī.
I want more detailed information.
这则讯息将在五秒后自动销毁。
Zhè zé xùnxí jiāng zài wǔ miǎo hòu zìdòng xiāohuǐ.
This message will self-destruct in five seconds.
你可以在年鉴中找到月相的资讯。
Nǐ kěyǐ zài niánjiàn zhōng zhǎodào yuèxiàng de zīxùn.
In an almanac you can find information about the phases of the moon.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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