HSK 3 · Communication & Mail

消息

xiāo xi

news; message

Stroke order of 消息

2 characters, 20 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

消 · 10 strokes息 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

消 is water 氵 reducing, and 息 is breath from the heart 心: a small breath of news.

Parts: 消: 氵 + 肖; 息: 自 + 心, breath

Example sentence

你有他的消息吗？

Do you have any news of him?

Words with 消

消费to consume; consumption 消失to disappear 取消to cancel

Words with 息

休息to rest 信息information; message

More words: Communication & Mail

交流to communicate; exchange 联系to contact; connection 通信to correspond; communication 电子邮件email 邮件mail; email 邮箱mailbox; email box 邮票stamp 信封envelope 发送to send 传to pass on; to spread 传播to spread; to broadcast 打听to ask about 话题topic of conversation 传说legend; it is said 据说it is said

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