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

diànzǐ (fourth tone, falling) yóujiàn (second tone, rising)dian4zi3 you2jian4

Traditional: 電子郵件

email, electronic mail

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Meanings

  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.

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