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信封

xìn fēng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

信封 (xìn fēng) means "envelope". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 信封 means

1. envelope

The characters in 信封

• 信xìnletter; mail; to trust
• 封fēngto confer; to grant; to bestow a title

Example sentences

• 我撕开了信封。
  I ripped the envelope open.
• 请给我一个信封。
  Please give me an envelope.
• 我已经有信封了。
  I already have an envelope.
• 这封信在信封内。
  The letter is inside the envelope.
• 他裁开了那个信封。
  He cut the envelope open.
• 把邮票贴在信封上。
  Stick a stamp on the envelope.

Words containing 信封

• 回邮信封huí yóu xìn fēngself-addressed stamped envelope (SASE)

Sounds the same

Read xìn fēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 信风trade wind
• 信丰see 信丰县

Where 信封 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Communication & Information Exchange (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xìn fēng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.