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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

消息 [xiāoxi]
  1. 1. noun [sg] news
    电台报道了战争的最新消息
    The radio reported the latest news of the war.
    分别多年,他们一直没有互通消息
    In the many years they've been apart they've had no news of each other.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

消息 [xiāoxi]
  1. 1. news; information; word
    据新华社消息
    according to a Xinhua dispatch
    头版消息
    a front-page story
    本地消息
    local news
  2. 2. tidings; news
    他至今毫无消息
    We haven't had any news of him yet.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

消息 [xiāoxi]
  1. 1. 音信
    出国的同学最近有消息吗?
  2. 2. 新闻体裁的一种,以简要的形式,及时报道新近发生的重要事情。
  3. 3. 跟"新闻"不同。"消息"指一种新闻文体,是用语言文字所作的简短报道;"新闻"包含消息,也包含通讯、特写等其他文体,还指利用其他技术手段进行的报道,如"电视新闻"。

Examples

听到那消息,她不禁黯然泪下。
The news dampened her spirits and set tears rolling down her cheeks.
各报都在第一版报道了这个消息
This was front-paged in all the papers.
消息闭塞
ill-informed
新华社编发了大会消息
The Xinhua News Agency released dispatches about the conference.
听了这消息我心里很不安。
I was rather disturbed by the news.
不幸的消息
sad news
消息传得这样快,简直是不翼而飞。
The news has spread fast, as if on wings.
他听到这个不幸的消息,不禁惨然。
He couldn't but feel deeply grieved at this sad news.
听到这个突如其来的消息,我们都十分诧异。
We were all astonished at the unexpected news.
消息沉寂。
There has been no news whatsoever.

Collocations

消息
good news
失去消息
to be out of contact
小道消息
word-of-mouth
新闻消息
the news
消息
according to the news
得到消息
to receive information
消息来源
a news source
消息灵通
well-informed

Word Decomposition


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  [tiáo] |  一条消息
  [xiē] |  一些消息
  [zé] |  一则消息

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