电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn) — "email" in Chinese

HSK 3

电子
邮件

noun

Character composition

电

electric

子

particle

邮

mail

件

document, item

Radicals / Keys

子

Child

#39 · zǐ · 3 strokes

田

Field

#102 · tián · 5 strokes

人

Man

#9 · rén · 2 strokes

邑

City

#163 · yì · 7 strokes

Collocations

收电子邮件

shōu diànzǐ yóujiàn

receive an email

发电子邮件

fā diànzǐ yóujiàn

send an email

Examples

重要的工作文件我通常会通过电子邮件发送。

I usually send important work documents by email.

请查收电子邮件。

Please check your email.

Mnemonic

[diànzǐ yóujiàn-] Dan the Yeti is an inventor who loves sending emails 📧. Dan stands in his icy cave, surrounded by sparks 电 and tiny particles 子, sending a mail owl 邮 carrying documents 件. Each email is stamped with the character 电子邮件 so everyone knows it's an email from the inventive Yeti!

Writing

Frequently asked questions

Email in Chinese translation

"email" in Chinese is 电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn).

What does 电子邮件 mean in English?

电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn) means "Email".

How is 电子邮件 pronounced?

It is pronounced diànzǐ yóujiàn (written as dianzi youjian, dianziyoujian). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.

How to write an email in Chinese?

It is written 电子邮件: 电 has 5 strokes, 子 has 3 strokes, 邮 has 7 strokes, 件 has 6 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.