信件
xìnjiàn
letter; correspondence
Characters in this word
件 jiàn
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 牛 ox, cow, bull
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在电子通信普及之前，跨国信件往往要等上数周才能抵达。 Zài diànzǐ tōngxìn pǔjí zhīqián, kuàguó xìnjiàn wǎngwǎng yào děng shang shù zhōu cái néng dǐdá. Before electronic communication became widespread, international letters often took several weeks to arrive.
- 桌上有一封没有署名的信件，谁也不知道是谁寄的。 Zhuō shàng yǒu yī fēng méiyǒu shǔmíng de xìnjiàn, shéi yě bù zhīdào shì shéi jì de. There is an unsigned letter on the desk, and nobody knows who sent it.
- 邮递员每天上午都会把信件送到各个住户手里。 Yóudìyuán měitiān shàngwǔ dōu huì bǎ xìnjiàn sòng dào gège zhùhù shǒu lǐ. Every morning the postman delivers the letters to each household.
Related words
- 短信 duǎnxìn text message
- 相信 xiāngxìn to believe; to trust
- 信 xìn letter
- 信号 xìnhào signal
- 信息 xìnxī information; message
- 信心 xìnxīn confidence
- 信用卡 xìnyòngkǎ credit card
- 通信 tōngxìn communication; to correspond
- 信 xìn to believe; to trust
- 信封 xìnfēng envelope
- 信任 xìnrèn to trust
- 诚信 chéngxìn honesty; trustworthiness