Chinese word

信息

Pronunciation

Pinyinxìn xī

Meaning

  • nounmessage

Example

请把那条信息转发给我。qǐng bǎ nà tiáo xìn xī zhuǎn fā gěi wǒ

Please forward that message to me.

Illustration for 信息 (message)

More examples

我刚收到一条信息，你能帮我看一下吗？wǒ gāng shōu dào yì tiáo xìn xī nǐ néng bāng wǒ kàn yí xià ma

I just got a message; can you help me look at it?

Core concept

Content that passes from a sender to a receiver, such as a notice, report, or set of data.

Common phrases

  • 发信息fā xìn xī

    send a message

  • 收到信息shōu dào xìn xī

    receive a message

  • 留下信息liú xià xìn xī

    leave a message

Similar words

消息xiāo xī: A personal update about someone's recent situation, whereabouts, or safety.
资料zī liào: Documents, data, or other materials used for learning, study, or reference.
通知tōng zhī: An official notice or document that informs the people concerned.
新闻xīn wén: Reports about new events shared through television, newspapers, or other news media.

Definition in Chinese

泛指传递给他人或从他人处得到的消息、材料或数据，既可指单条通知也可指简短的汇报或资料。fàn zhǐ chuán dì gěi tā rén huò cóng tā rén chù dé dào de xiāo xī cái liào huò shù jù jì kě zhǐ dān tiáo tōng zhī yě kě zhǐ jián duǎn de huì bào huò zī liào

Word origin

信息 (xìnxī, "information") combines 信 (xìn, "message") + 息 (xī, "news"), joining two ideas of something passed on to form a word for shared content.

Usage tips

  • English often separates a note sent to a person from data stored by a computer, but Chinese uses this everyday word for both, so it appears in personal chats, forms, and websites.

Other meanings

  • informationnoun
  • communicationnoun

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