HSK 3 · Common Objects

电子邮件 diànzǐ yóujiàn “email” in Chinese

Traditional 電子郵件

What 电子邮件 means

  1. email

Measure word 封 fēng or 份 fèn · 一封电子邮件 yì fēng diànzǐ yóujiàn

How to say 电子邮件

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale电diàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale子zǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale邮yóu2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale件jiàn4th tone, falling

电子邮件 in a sentence

  1. 你有没有电子邮件地址？

    Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu diànzǐ yóujiàn dìzhǐ?

    Do you have an email address?

    Sentence #784486 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我只想查一下我的电子邮件。

    Wǒ zhǐ xiǎng chá yíxià wǒ de diànzǐ yóujiàn.

    I just want to check my email.

    Sentence #334711 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我从不回复陌生人发来的电子邮件。

    Wǒ cóngbù huífù mòshēngrén fālái de diànzǐ yóujiàn.

    I never reply to emails from strangers.

    Sentence #9467400 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 电子邮件 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 电 (diàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
电diànlightning
  • 曰say · yuē
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ

Memory aidSimplified from 電: lightning under the rain 雨: electricity.

The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zǐson
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

The character 邮 (yóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
邮yóupost
  • 由cause · yóuSound part
  • 阝placeMeaning part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 由 (yóu) hints at the sound. Compare it with yóu.

Memory aidThe 阝 on the right stands for a town: post went from town to town. 由 (yóu) gives the sound.

The character 件 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
件jiànitem
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidAn old explanation: a person 亻 dividing an ox 牛 into pieces: an item, one of many.

How to write 电子邮件

电 5 strokes · 子 3 strokes · 邮 7 strokes · 件 6 strokes

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电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 电子邮件

Words with 电

电脑diànnǎo · computer电视diànshì · television电影diànyǐng · movie电话diànhuà · telephone打电话dǎ diànhuà · to make a phone call电影院diànyǐngyuàn · cinema电diàn · electricity电梯diàntī · lift电子书diànzǐshū · e-book电台diàntái · radio station

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

Words with 邮

邮件yóujiàn · mail邮箱yóuxiāng · email inbox邮局yóujú · post office

Words with 件

件jiàn · measure word for clothes邮件yóujiàn · mail条件tiáojiàn · condition文件wénjiàn · document证件zhèngjiàn · certificate软件ruǎnjiàn · (computer) software硬件yìngjiàn · hardware零件língjiàn · part案件ànjiàn · legal case稿件gǎojiàn · manuscript

More words: Everyday Things

自行车zìxíngchē · bike冰箱bīngxiāng · refrigerator层céng · mw for layers灯dēng · lamp段duàn · paragraph分fēn · divide根据gēnjù · according to公斤gōngjīn · kilogram

FAQs

电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn) means “email”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it diànzǐ yóujiàn: diàn with a 4th tone, then zǐ with a 3rd tone, then yóu with a 2nd tone, then jiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 电子邮件 is written 電子郵件. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 封 (fēng) or 份 (fèn). For example, one email is 一封电子邮件 (yì fēng diànzǐ yóujiàn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dianziyoujian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 电子邮件 from the suggestions. Typing dianziyoujian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
电子邮件 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.