Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

簡訊

jiǎnxùn

ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄩㄣˋ

Simplified 简讯 · mainland 短信

  1. 1newsletter
  2. 2the news in brief
  3. 3(Tw) SMS message
In Taiwan

An SMS text message. On the mainland it's 短信 — there 簡訊 reads as "news in brief".

Example

銀行剛剛傳了一封簡訊給我。

yínháng gānggang chuán le yì fēng jiǎnxùn gěi wǒ

The bank just sent me a text message.

Keep 簡訊 and it comes back until you know it.

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