Message in Chinese
message · HSK 4
消息
- 消 to disappear
- 息 breath
我有一个好消息要告诉你。 I have some good news to tell you.
Other ways to say message
More words with 消 or 息
How do you say message in Chinese?
Message in Chinese is 消息 (xiāo xi). You can also say 信 (xìn), 信息 (xìn xī), 留言 (liú yán).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.