Chinese word

语音信箱

Pronunciation

Pinyinyǔ yīn xìn xiāng

Meaning

  • nounvoicemail

Example

你能帮我查一下语音信箱吗？nǐ néng bāng wǒ chá yí xià yǔ yīn xìn xiāng ma

Can you help me check my voicemail?

Illustration for 语音信箱 (voicemail)

More examples

我没开通语音信箱，别人留言我收不到。wǒ méi kāi tōng yǔ yīn xìn xiāng bié rén liú yán wǒ shōu bú dào

I haven't set up voicemail, so I can't receive messages that others leave.

Core concept

A digital mailbox that receives a caller's voice when a live conversation does not happen.

Common phrases

  • 开通语音信箱kāi tōng yǔ yīn xìn xiāng

    set up voicemail

  • 检查语音信箱jiǎn chá yǔ yīn xìn xiāng

    check voicemail

  • 给语音信箱留言gěi yǔ yīn xìn xiāng liú yán

    leave a voicemail message

Similar words

语音留言yǔ yīn liú yán: A brief voice message recorded by someone calling.
语音邮箱yǔ yīn yóu xiāng: A place or function that keeps phone voice messages for later review.
电话答录机diàn huà dá lù jī: A phone machine that responds to calls and records messages.
留言信箱liú yán xìn xiāng: A message box or service that can hold voice or text messages.

Definition in Chinese

当来电无人接听或用户无法接听时，电话系统为来电者记录语音留言并将这些录音保存，用户可以随后收听、保存或删除这些留言。dāng lái diàn wú rén jiē tīng huò yòng hù wú fǎ jiē tīng shí diàn huà xì tǒng wèi lái diàn zhě jì lù yǔ yīn liú yán bìng jiāng zhè xiē lù yīn bǎo cún yòng hù ké yǐ suí hòu shōu tīng bǎo cún huò shān chú zhè xiē liú yán

Word origin

语音 (yǔyīn, "voice") means spoken audio, while 信箱 (xìnxiāng, "mailbox") supplies the image of a place that receives and keeps it.

Usage tips

  • Chinese uses this technical noun without an article, so it can appear directly after a verb in short phone-related requests without an extra word meaning "the".

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