| 即时通讯 |
jí shí tōng xùn |
instant messaging |
| 即 |
jí |
namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near |
| 即时 |
jí shí |
immediate |
| 时 |
shí |
old variant of 时 |
| 时 |
Shí |
surname Shi |
| 时 |
shí |
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period |
| 通 |
tōng |
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 |
tòng |
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |
| 通讯 |
tōng xùn |
communications / news story / dispatch / CL:个 |
| 讯 |
xùn |
(bound form) to ask; to inquire / (bound form) to interrogate; to question / (bound form) news; information |