Chinese word

发件箱

Pronunciation

Pinyinfā jiàn xiāng

我在发件箱里找不到那封邮件。wǒ zài fā jiàn xiāng lǐ zhǎo bú dào nà fēng yóu jiàn

I can't find that email in the sent folder.

我不小心删除了发件箱里的邮件，需要从备份恢复。wǒ bù xiǎo xīn shān chú le fā jiàn xiāng lǐ de yóu jiàn xū yào cóng bèi fèn huī fù

I accidentally deleted the email in the sent folder and need to restore it from a backup.

A virtual box where an account keeps copies of messages sent out.

检查发件箱jiǎn chá fā jiàn xiāng
check the sent folder
删除发件箱里的邮件shān chú fā jiàn xiāng lǐ de yóu jiàn
delete emails in the sent folder
转发发件箱中的邮件zhuǎn fā fā jiàn xiāng zhōng de yóu jiàn
forward emails in the sent folder

已发送yǐ fā sòng: A folder label for emails that have already been sent.
发件夹fā jiàn jiā: A folder used to store emails sent through an account.

保存用户已发送邮件的文件夹，包含通过该账户发出的邮件副本或记录。bǎo cún yòng hù yǐ fā sòng yóu jiàn de wén jiàn jiā bāo hán tōng guò gāi zhàng hù fā chū de yóu jiàn fù běn huò jì lù

发 (fā, "send") + 件 (jiàn, "item") + 箱 (xiāng, "box") literally builds a box for sent items, which becomes a mail folder for outgoing messages.

A message appearing here shows that the account recorded an outgoing message, but it does not by itself show that the recipient received it.