寄件人

jìjiànrén
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 sender (of a parcel or letter)

Examples

HSK 4
Jìjiànrén de dìzhǐ xiěcuò le.
The sender's address was written wrong.
HSK 4
Shōujiànrén bú zài jiā, kuàidìyuán zhǐhǎo liánxì jìjiànrén.
The recipient wasn't home, so the courier had to contact the sender.

Tips

usage
Chinese courier forms have two boxes: 寄件人 'sender' and 收件人 'recipient', each with a name, phone number and address. For letters the older pair is 寄信人 and 收信人; for email it is 发件人.

Stroke Order

寄 jì
件 jiàn
人 rén