明信

míngxìn

noun #35,883

Meanings

1 postcard (short for 明信片)
2 clear faith, trustworthiness

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

他从巴黎寄来一张明信。

Tā cóng Bālí jì lái yī zhāng míngxìn.

He sent a postcard from Paris.

HSK 7-9

明信片的简称就是明信。

Míngxìnpiàn de jiǎnchēng jiùshì míngxìn.

The shortened form of '明信片' is '明信'.

Tips

usage

Modern usage almost always means 'postcard' as a clipping of 明信片. The classical sense, 'open/clear trust', appears in old texts like 《左传》 but is rare today. As a given name 明信 means 'clear and trustworthy.'

Stroke Order

明 míng

信 xìn