"寫信" meaning in Chinese

See 寫信 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sɛː³⁵ sɵn³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /sia²¹ seiŋ³³/ [Min-Bei, Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 寫⫽信 [canonical], 写信 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb|type=vo}} 寫⫽信 (verb-object)
  1. to write a letter Tags: verb-object Synonyms: 寫批 [Eastern, Hokkien, Min], 写批 [Eastern, Hokkien, Min]
    Sense id: en-寫信-zh-verb-KFN7oz~8 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "寫⫽信",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "写信",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "type": "vo"
      },
      "expansion": "寫⫽信 (verb-object)",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              37
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I will write to Teacher Wang now.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ xiànzài jiù gěi Wáng lǎoshī xiěxìn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "我現在就給王老師寫信。",
          "translation": "I will write to Teacher Wang now.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              37
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I will write to Teacher Wang now.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ xiànzài jiù gěi Wáng lǎoshī xiěxìn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "我现在就给王老师写信。",
          "translation": "I will write to Teacher Wang now.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              42,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              43,
              50
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Many teachers and students are now jointly writing to demand the cancellation of the teacher’s professor eligibility.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Xiànzài yǒu hěn duō shīshēng dōu liánmíng xiěxìn yāoqiú qǔxiāo lǎoshī de jiàoshòu zīgé.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "現在有很多師生都聯名寫信要求取消老師的教授資格。",
          "translation": "Many teachers and students are now jointly writing to demand the cancellation of the teacher’s professor eligibility.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              42,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              43,
              50
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Many teachers and students are now jointly writing to demand the cancellation of the teacher’s professor eligibility.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Xiànzài yǒu hěn duō shīshēng dōu liánmíng xiěxìn yāoqiú qǔxiāo lǎoshī de jiàoshòu zīgé.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "现在有很多师生都联名写信要求取消老师的教授资格。",
          "translation": "Many teachers and students are now jointly writing to demand the cancellation of the teacher’s professor eligibility.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to write a letter"
      ],
      "id": "en-寫信-zh-verb-KFN7oz~8",
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Eastern",
            "Hokkien",
            "Min"
          ],
          "word": "寫批"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Eastern",
            "Hokkien",
            "Min"
          ],
          "word": "写批"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiěxìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "se² seon³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siǎ-se̿ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiěxìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siěsìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsieh³-hsin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syě-syìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shieeshinn"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sesinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сесинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "se² seon³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sé seun"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "se² soen³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sé² sên³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ sɵn³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siǎ-se̿ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sia²¹ seiŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "寫信"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "寫⫽信",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "写信",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "type": "vo"
      },
      "expansion": "寫⫽信 (verb-object)",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 信",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 寫",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Northern Min lemmas",
        "Northern Min verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              37
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I will write to Teacher Wang now.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ xiànzài jiù gěi Wáng lǎoshī xiěxìn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "我現在就給王老師寫信。",
          "translation": "I will write to Teacher Wang now.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              37
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I will write to Teacher Wang now.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ xiànzài jiù gěi Wáng lǎoshī xiěxìn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "我现在就给王老师写信。",
          "translation": "I will write to Teacher Wang now.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              42,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              43,
              50
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Many teachers and students are now jointly writing to demand the cancellation of the teacher’s professor eligibility.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Xiànzài yǒu hěn duō shīshēng dōu liánmíng xiěxìn yāoqiú qǔxiāo lǎoshī de jiàoshòu zīgé.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "現在有很多師生都聯名寫信要求取消老師的教授資格。",
          "translation": "Many teachers and students are now jointly writing to demand the cancellation of the teacher’s professor eligibility.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              42,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              43,
              50
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Many teachers and students are now jointly writing to demand the cancellation of the teacher’s professor eligibility.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Xiànzài yǒu hěn duō shīshēng dōu liánmíng xiěxìn yāoqiú qǔxiāo lǎoshī de jiàoshòu zīgé.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "现在有很多师生都联名写信要求取消老师的教授资格。",
          "translation": "Many teachers and students are now jointly writing to demand the cancellation of the teacher’s professor eligibility.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to write a letter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiěxìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "se² seon³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siǎ-se̿ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiěxìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siěsìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsieh³-hsin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syě-syìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shieeshinn"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sesinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сесинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "se² seon³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sé seun"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "se² soen³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sé² sên³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ sɵn³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siǎ-se̿ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sia²¹ seiŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Eastern",
        "Hokkien",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "寫批"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Eastern",
        "Hokkien",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "写批"
    }
  ],
  "word": "寫信"
}

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