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发短信

fā duǎn xìn

3-character word Traditional 發短信

What 发短信 means

1. to send a text message

The characters in 发短信

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 短duǎnshort; brief; to lack
• 信xìnletter; mail; to trust

Example sentences

• 你为什么总是发短信？
  Nǐ wèishénme zǒngshì fāduǎnxìn?
  Why are you texting all the time?
• 你为什幺总是发短信？
  Why are you texting all the time?
• 萨米和莱拉不停地来回发短信。
  Sàmǐ hé Láilā bù tíng de láihuí fā duǎnxìn.
  Sami and Layla kept texting back and forth.
• 他等火车的时候，一会儿听音乐，一会儿发短信。
  Tā děng huǒchē de shíhou, yīhuìr tīng yīnyuè, yīhuìr fāduǎnxìn.
  While he was waiting for the train, he listened to music and sent text messages.
• 老师没收了一个学生的手机，因为他在课上发短信。
  Lǎoshī mòshōu le yī gè xuésheng de shǒujī, yīnwèi tā zài kè shàng fā duǎnxìn.
  The teacher confiscated a student's phone because he was texting in class.