外電

See also: 外电

Chinese

foreign dispatch (電訊)
trad. (外電) 外 電
simp. (外电) 外 电

Pronunciation


Noun

外電

  1. dispatch from a foreign news agency

Japanese

Kanji in this term
外 電
がい
Grade: 2
でん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Shortening of 外国電報 (gaikoku denpō, “telegram or dispatch from a foreign country”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) がいでん [gàídéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠idẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

外(がい)電(でん) • (gaiden) ←ぐわいでん (gwaiden)?

  1. Short for 外国電報 (gaikoku denpō): a dispatch from a foreign news agency

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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