通訊錄

Chinese

		news report; story; coverage news report; story; coverage; press; news in brief; newsletter	to record; to hit; to copy
trad. (通訊錄)		通訊	錄
simp. (通讯录)		通讯	录

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngxùnlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ seon³ luk^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngxùnlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongsyùnlù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-hsün⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: tūng-syùn-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongshiunnluh
    • Palladius: тунсюньлу (tunsjunʹlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕyn⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ seon³ luk^6-2
    • Yale: tūng seun lúk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ soen³ luk^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ sên³ lug^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵn³³ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/

Etymology 1

Noun

通訊錄

1. address book (Classifier: 本 m)

Synonyms

• 地址簿 (dìzhǐbù)

Etymology 2

From the pinyin acronym txl of 同性戀／同性恋 (tóngxìngliàn).

Noun

通訊錄

1. (Mainland China, euphemistic, slang) homosexual; gay person