短信
duǎn xìn
Pinyin

Definition

短信
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duǎn xìn
  1. text message
  2. SMS

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

信
xìn
  1. 1 letter
  2. 2 mail
  3. 3 classifier: 封 fēng
  4. 4 to trust
  5. 5 to believe
  6. 6 to profess faith in
  7. 7 truthful
  8. 8 confidence
  9. 9 trust
  10. 10 at will
  11. 11 at random
信息
xìn xī
  1. 1 information
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 message
相信
xiāng xìn
  1. 1 to be convinced (that sth is true)
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to accept sth as true
短信
duǎn xìn
  1. 1 text message
  2. 2 SMS
信仰
xìn yǎng
  1. 1 to believe in (a religion)
  2. 2 firm belief
  3. 3 conviction

Idioms (20)

信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
信心百倍
xìn xīn bǎi bèi
  1. 1 brimming with confidence (idiom)
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted

Sample Sentences

我在发短信给老板。
wǒ zài fāduǎnxìn gěi lǎobǎn 。
I am sending a text message to my boss.
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我昨天发短信给你。
wǒ zuótiān fā duǎnxìn gěi nǐ 。
I texted you yesterday.
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你常发短信吗？
nǐ cháng fā duǎnxìn ma ？
Do you often send messages?
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发短信
fā duǎnxìn
to send messages
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不可能，她早上发短信给我说她的班机取消了，所以得多留一天。
bù kěnéng ，tā zǎoshang fā duǎnxìn gěi wǒ shuō tā de bānjī qǔxiāo le ，suǒyǐ děi duō liú yītiān 。
That's impossible. She sent me a text this morning saying that her flight was cancelled. She has to stay an extra day.
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这么严重？但你也应该发个短信跟我说一下。
zhème yánzhòng ？dàn nǐ yě yīnggāi fā gè duǎnxìn gēn wǒ shuō yīxià 。
Was it that bad? But you should have sent me a text to let me know.
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事实就是事实，每次开会，你除了滑手机还会干嘛？整天传短信也不怕人闲话。
shìshí jiùshì shìshí ，měicì kāihuì ，nǐ chúle huá shǒujī hái huì gànmá ？zhěngtiān chuán duǎnxìn yě bù pà rén xiánhuà 。
Facts are facts! Every time we have a meeting, you do little else but play with your phone, no? You just send texts all day with little regard for what people might say about you as a result.
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呦，你又知道我在跟人传短信了？
yōu ，nǐ yòu zhīdào wǒ zài gēn rén chuán duǎnxìn le ？
Oi, how do you know I'm texting someone?
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你看看，他传短信来了。
nǐ kàn kan ，tā chuán duǎnxìn lái le 。
Look, he sent a text message.
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他又传短信来了吗？
tā yòu chuán duǎnxìn lái le ma ？
Did he send another message?
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