HSK 4 · Objects

信封 xìnfēng “envelope” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 信封 means

  1. envelope

How to say 信封

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale信xìn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale封fēng1st tone, high and level

信封 in a sentence

  1. 我忘记在信封上贴邮票了。

    Wǒ wàngjì zài xìnfēng shàng tiē yóupiào le.

    I forgot to put a stamp on the envelope.

    Sentence #342838 from Tatoeba

  2. 我在信封上写错了地址。

    Wǒ zài xìnfēng shàng xiě cuò le dìzhǐ.

    I wrote a wrong address on the envelope.

    Sentence #816527 from Tatoeba

  3. 请给我一个信封。

    Qǐng gěi wǒ yí ge xìnfēng.

    Please give me an envelope.

    Sentence #10363129 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 信封 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 信 (xìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
信xìnletter
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 言speech · yán

Memory aidA person 亻 and their word 言: to trust, and a letter.

The character 封 (fēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
封fēngto confer
  • 圭jade tablet · guī
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 信封

信 9 strokes · 封 9 strokes

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

Words related to 信封

Words with 信

信xìn · letter相信xiāngxìn · to believe信用卡xìnyòngkǎ · credit card自信zìxìn · to have confidence in oneself短信duǎnxìn · text message信息xìnxī · information信心xìnxīn · confidence信任xìnrèn · to trust信号xìnhào · signal确信quèxìn · to be convinced

Words with 封

封fēng · (m.w. for letters封闭fēngbì · to seal off密封mìfēng · to seal up封建fēngjiàn · feudal封锁fēngsuǒ · to blockade

More words: Everyday Things

文章wénzhāng · article橡皮xiàngpí · rubber效果xiàoguǒ · result笑话xiàohua · joke信心xìnxīn · confidence性别xìngbié · gender性格xìnggé · nature压力yālì · pressure

FAQs

信封 (xìnfēng) means “envelope”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it xìnfēng: xìn with a 4th tone, then fēng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 信封 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinfeng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 信封 from the suggestions. Typing xinfeng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
信封 is an HSK 4 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.