# 电报 (diànbào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 电报 (diànbào) means “telegram; telegraph; cable”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: telegram; telegraph; cable
- Pinyin: diànbào (dian4 bao4)
- Traditional: 電報
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- Measure word: 封、份

## Examples

- 过去人们用电报传递急事。
  Guòqù rénmen yòng diànbào chuándì jíshì.
  In the past, people sent telegrams for urgent news.

## Characters

- [电](https://hanziro.com/word/dian-electricity/) (diàn): electricity; electric
- [报](https://hanziro.com/word/bao-report/) (bào): to report; newspaper

https://hanziro.com/word/dian-bao-telegram/

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