电子邮件/電子郵件 diànzǐ yóujiàn — email, electronic mail

Meanings

1. 1

   email, electronic mail

   The full, slightly formal name: 电子 electronic plus 邮件 post. In speech people shorten it to 邮件 or simply say the English word; the four-syllable form belongs to writing and to the classroom.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 电/電

  diàn (fourth tone, falling)

  electricity; lightning; a telegram; to give an electric shock

  5 strokesRadical 田
• 子

  zǐ (third tone, dipping) zi (neutral tone)

  child, son; a seed; (unstressed, zi) the noun suffix of 桌子, 儿子, 孩子

  3 strokesRadical 子

Example sentences

• 我给经理发了一个电子邮件。/我給經理發了一個電子郵件。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) gěi (third tone, dipping) jīnglǐ (first tone, high and level) fāle (first tone, high and level) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) diànzǐ (fourth tone, falling) yóujiàn. (second tone, rising)···

  I sent the manager an email.

• 他每天都要看很多电子邮件。/他每天都要看很多電子郵件。Tā (first tone, high and level) měi (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level) dōu (first tone, high and level) yào (fourth tone, falling) kàn (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) diànzǐ (fourth tone, falling) yóujiàn. (second tone, rising)···

  He has to read a great many emails every day.

Similar words

Words containing 电

• 电话/電話diàn (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)telephone
• 电影/電影diànyǐng (fourth tone, falling)film, movie
• 电视/電視diànshì (fourth tone, falling)television
• 电/電diàn (fourth tone, falling)lightning
• 电脑/電腦diànnǎo (fourth tone, falling)computer
• 电子/電子diàn (fourth tone, falling) zǐ (third tone, dipping)electronic
• 打电话/打電話dǎ (third tone, dipping) diànhuà (fourth tone, falling)to make a phone call
• 电梯/電梯diàntī (fourth tone, falling)lift, elevator
• 电力/電力diàn (fourth tone, falling) lì (fourth tone, falling)electrical power
• 电视台/電視臺diàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) tái (second tone, rising)television station
• 电池/電池diàn (fourth tone, falling) chí (second tone, rising)battery
• 电视剧/電視劇diàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) jù (fourth tone, falling)TV series
• 电台/電臺diàn (fourth tone, falling) tái (second tone, rising)transmitter-receiver
• 电源/電源diàn (fourth tone, falling) yuán (second tone, rising)electric power source
• 闪电/閃電shǎn (third tone, dipping) diàn (fourth tone, falling)lightning
• 来电/來電lái (second tone, rising) diàn (fourth tone, falling)incoming telephone call (or telegram)
• 电视机/電視機diàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) jī (first tone, high and level)television set

Words containing 子

• 孩子háizi (second tone, rising)child, kid
• 子zǐ (third tone, dipping)son
• 儿子/兒子érzi (second tone, rising)son
• 房子fáng (second tone, rising) zi (neutral tone)house
• 样子/樣子yàng (fourth tone, falling) zi (neutral tone)appearance
• 日子rì (fourth tone, falling) zi (neutral tone)day
• 妻子qīzi (first tone, high and level)wife
• 桌子zhuōzi (first tone, high and level)table, desk
• 电子/電子diàn (fourth tone, falling) zǐ (third tone, dipping)electronic
• 句子jùzi (fourth tone, falling)sentence
• 女子nǚ (third tone, dipping) zǐ (third tone, dipping)woman
• 椅子yǐzi (third tone, dipping)chair
• 一辈子/一輩子yī (first tone, high and level) bèi (fourth tone, falling) zi (neutral tone)(for) a lifetime
• 男子nán (second tone, rising) zǐ (third tone, dipping)a man; a male
• 杯子bēizi (first tone, high and level)cup, glass
• 肚子dù (fourth tone, falling) zi (neutral tone)belly
• 鼻子bízi (second tone, rising)nose
• 帽子màozi (fourth tone, falling)hat, cap