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短信duǎnxìntext message

Theme
Travel
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
21
Characters
2

How 短信 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

短 — 12 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
信 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 短信

Examples

我给他发了一个短信。

Wǒ gěi tā fā le yí gè duǎnxìn.

I sent him a text message.

  • 我wǒI
  • 给gěito give; for
  • 他tāhe
  • 发fāto send
  • 了lecompleted action marker
  • 一yīone
  • 个gègeneral measure word
  • 短信duǎnxìntext message

他没有看到我的短信。

Tā méiyǒu kàndào wǒ de duǎnxìn.

He did not see my message.

  • 他tāhe
  • 没有méiyǒuto not have
  • 看到kàndàoto see
  • 我wǒI
  • 的depossessive particle
  • 短信duǎnxìntext message

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 信心
  • 短期
  • 写信