transmit a message; telegraph
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to transmit a message; to send a telegraph
formalA technical term primarily used in telecommunications, military, and historical contexts. Refers to sending messages via Morse code, radio waves, or wired telegraph lines.
Tōng通
xùn讯
yuán员
zhèng正
zài在
jǐn紧
jí急
fā发
bào报
。
The signal operator is urgently transmitting a message.
Zǎo早
qī期
de的
chuán船
zhī隻
kào靠
fā發
bào報
jī機
yǔ與
lù陸
dì地
lián聯
luò絡
。
Early ships relied on telegraph machines to communicate with land.
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Zhǐ指
huī挥
bù部
mìng命
lìng令
lì立
jí即
fā发
bào报
，
tōng通
zhī知
qián前
xiàn线
bù部
duì队
。
The command headquarters ordered an immediate message transmission to notify the frontline troops.
Zhè这
tái台
fā发
bào报
shè设
bèi备
yǐ已
jīng经
tuì退
yì役
，
xiàn现
zài在
shì是
gè个
bó博
wù物
guǎn馆
zhǎn展
pǐn品
。
This telegraph transmission equipment has been decommissioned and is now a museum exhibit.