短信

Character by character

• 短duǎn12 strokesHSK 2short; brief; deficient, lacking
• 信xìn9 strokesHSK 2trust, believe; letter

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 她发了一条短信。

  Tā fā le yī tiáo duǎn xìn

  She sent a text.

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• 你为什么总是发短信？

  Nǐ wèi shén me zǒng shì fā duǎn xìn

  Why are you texting all the time?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 短信. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 信xìnHSK 2

  letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random

• 相信xiāng xìnHSK 2

  to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true

• 信息xìn xīHSK 2

  information; news; message

• 短duǎnHSK 2

  short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault

• 信号xìn hàoHSK 2

  signal

• 信任xìn rènHSK 3

  to trust; to have confidence in

• 信心xìn xīnHSK 2

  confidence; faith (in sb or sth)

• 自信zì xìnHSK 4

  to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence

• 信仰xìn yǎngHSK 6

  to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction

• 信用卡xìn yòng kǎHSK 2

  credit card

• 通信tōng xìnHSK 3

  to correspond (by letter etc); to communicate; communication

• 短暂duǎn zànHSK 7

  of short duration; brief; momentary

• 信念xìn niànHSK 5

  faith; belief; conviction

• 信用xìn yòngHSK 6

  trustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint

• 短期duǎn qīHSK 3

  short term; short-term

• 坚信jiān xìnHSK 7

  to believe firmly; without any doubt

• 来信lái xìnHSK 5

  incoming letter; to send us a letter

• 信赖xìn làiHSK 7

  to trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in; to rely on

• 确信què xìnHSK 7

  to be convinced; to be sure; to firmly believe; to be positive that; definite news

• 信件xìn jiànHSK 7

  letter (sent by mail)

• 短裤duǎn kùHSK 3

  short pants; shorts

• 缩短suō duǎnHSK 4

  to curtail; to cut down

• 难以置信nán yǐ zhì xìnHSK 7

  hard to believe; incredible

• 迷信mí xìnHSK 5

  superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth)