发信

發信

fāxìn

verb #14,176

Meanings

1 to post a letter
2 to send a message

Characters

to send; to emit

letter; message

Examples

我昨天去邮局发信了。

Wǒ zuótiān qù yóujú fāxìn le.

I went to the post office to mail a letter yesterday.

你给他发信了吗？

Nǐ gěi tā fāxìn le ma?

Did you send him a message?

Tips

usage

发信 traditionally means mailing a letter. In modern usage, 发信息 or 发消息 are more common for sending digital messages.

Stroke Order

发 fā

信 xìn