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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

通信设备

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tōngxìn shèbèi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Communication device/kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən dɪˈvaɪs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"智能手机是最普及的通信设备。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An electronic apparatus used for transmitting and receiving data, voice, or video signals over a distance.

    "A smartphone is the most common communication device used today."
  2. 2

    Any hardware instrument designed to facilitate information exchange between two or more parties.

    "The rescue team relied on a satellite communication device to call for help from the remote mountains."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English 'communication' (from Latin 'communicare', meaning to share or make common) and 'device' (from Old French 'devise', meaning a plan, invention, or mechanical contrivance). The pairing reflects the technological evolution of telecommunications hardware that began in the 19th century with the telegraph and expanded into modern digital apparatuses.

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