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短信

duǎn xìn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

短信 (duǎn xìn) means "text message". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 短信 means

1. text message
2. SMS

The characters in 短信

• 短duǎnshort; brief; to lack
• 信xìnletter; mail; to trust

Example sentences

• 她发了一条短信。
  Tā fā le yī tiáo duǎnxìn.
  She sent a text.
• 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?
• 汤姆收到玛丽的短信。
  Tom got a message from Mary.
• 她给她男朋友发了一条短信。
  Tā gěi tā nánpéngyou fā le yī tiáo duǎnxìn.
  She texted her boyfriend.
• 不好意思，我必须回复短信。
  I'm sorry, I have to respond to the messages.

Words containing 短信

• 发短信fā duǎn xìnto send a text message

Where 短信 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Technology & Digital Tools (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 duǎn xìn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.