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消息

xiāo xi

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 条

消息 (xiāo xi) means "news". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 消息 means

1. (piece of) news; information
2. message

The characters in 消息

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)

Example sentences

• 我有消息。
  I've got news.
• 这是官方消息。
  This news is official.
• 我有个坏消息。
  I have a bit of bad news.
• 我期待您的消息。
  I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon.
• 谢谢提供新消息。
  Thanks for the updates.
• 没消息就是好消息。
  No news is good news.

Words starting with 消息

• 消息来源xiāo xi lái yuánweb feed; news feed; syndicated feed
• 消息队列xiāo xi duì lièmessage queue (computing)
• 消息灵通xiāo xi líng tōngto be well-informed
• 消息灵通人士xiāo xi líng tōng rén shìwell-informed source; person with inside information

Words containing 消息

• 小道消息xiǎo dào xiāo xihearsay; gossip
• 参考消息Cān kǎo Xiāo xīReference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)
• 内线消息nèi xiàn xiāo xiinside information
• 即时消息jí shí xiāo xiinstant message
• 与时消息yǔ shí xiāo xivariable with the times; transient; impermanent
• 走漏消息zǒu lòu xiāo xito divulge secrets
• 杳无消息yǎo wú xiāo xīsee 杳无音信

Where 消息 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Communication & information (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiāo xi correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.