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Chinese Vocabulary

消息

message

消息
xiāoxi1st tone
Pinyin
xiāoxi
Strokes
20
In episodes
3

Stroke order for 消息

消息 is written with 20 strokes (消: 10, 息: 10). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

HSK 3. 领导们半夜三点开始发邮件、发消息.

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消息 appears in 3 Fluentide podcast episodes at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

还有,老板们半夜三点给大家发消息。

Also, the bosses sent everyone messages at three in the morning.

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Difficulty

它让所有人都特别需要消息,又差一点让说消息的人停下来。

It made everyone desperate for information, and it very nearly silenced the people giving it.

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Difficulty

关上它,你看到外面的屏幕,可以像用平常的手机一样,看消息。

When you close it, you see the outer screen, and you can use it like a normal phone to check messages.

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