Chinese symbol for “correspondent”
通讯员
tōng xùn yuán
Traditional: 通訊員
correspondent; reporter; messenger boy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for correspondent is 通讯员 (tōng xùn yuán), defined as: correspondent; reporter; messenger boy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 通讯员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | to be connected; traffic |
| 通常 | tōng cháng | regular; usual; normal; usually; normally |
| 普通 | pǔ tōng | common; ordinary |
| 通知 | tōng zhī | to notify; to inform |
| 沟通 (溝通) | gōu tōng | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate |
| 资讯 (資訊) | zī xùn | information |
| 通讯 (通訊) | tōng xùn | communications; news story |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
See also: Japanese symbol for “correspondent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.