语音留言 (yǔyīnliúyán): voice message

Measure Word

一条语音留言 tiáo

Meanings

1 voice message
2 voicemail

Characters

Examples

开会没接到，你发个语音留言吧。

Kāihuì méi jiē dào, nǐ fā ge yǔyīn liúyán ba.

I was in a meeting and missed it, just send a voice message.

他给我留了三条语音留言。

Tā gěi wǒ liú le sān tiáo yǔyīn liúyán.

He left me three voice messages.

Tips

usage

On WeChat, voice snippets in a chat are just 语音. 语音留言 usually refers to phone-system voicemail or a recorded message left when someone didn't answer.

Stroke Order

语 yǔ

音 yīn

留 liú

言 yán

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