信箱 meaning in English

xìnxiāng

mailbox; post office box

HSK 5noun24 strokes

Meaning of 信箱

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xìnxiāng

mailbox
post office box

How to use 信箱

信箱 can mean a physical mailbox or a post office box, and today it is very often used for an email inbox, as in 电子信箱 (diànzǐ xìnxiāng). Example: 请把你的信箱地址发给我。(Qǐng bǎ nǐ de xìnxiāng dìzhǐ fā gěi wǒ.) Please send me your email address.

信 (xìn) means letter, and 箱 (xiāng) means box, so 信箱 is simply a letter box. Notice the bamboo top on 箱, a reminder that boxes were once woven from bamboo.

Common mistake: Learners often reverse the tones and say xīnxiàng. It is fourth tone then first tone: xìnxiāng. Also do not write 箱 as 相 (xiāng). The box character needs the bamboo radical on top.

信箱 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

请qǐng问wèn最zuì后hòu一yī次cì开kāi信xìn箱xiāng在zài什shén么me时shí间jiān？

Excuse me, when was the mailbox last opened?

我wǒ在zài信xìn箱xiāng中zhōng发fā现xiàn了le她tā的de信xìn。

I found her letter in the mailbox.

我wǒ在zài信xìn箱xiāng中zhōng发fā现xiàn了le你nǐ的de信xìn件jiàn。

I found your letter in the mailbox.

邻lín居jū看kàn见jiàn信xìn箱xiāng不bú是shì空kōng的de。

The neighbours see that the mailbox hasn't been emptied.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

信 xìn · letter · 9 strokes

箱 xiāng · box · 15 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 信箱.

相信	xiāngxìn	to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
信息	xìnxī	information; news; message
信号	xìnhào	signal
信心	xìnxīn	confidence; faith (in sb or sth)
短信	duǎnxìn	text message; SMS
信用卡	xìnyòngkǎ	credit card
信任	xìnrèn	to trust; to have confidence in
信封	xìnfēng	envelope
通信	tōngxìn	to correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunicatio
邮箱	yóuxiāng	mailbox; post office box
箱子	xiāngzi	suitcase; chest
自信	zìxìn	to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence

Questions about 信箱

What does 信箱 mean?

信箱 (xìnxiāng) means "mailbox; post office box" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 信箱?

信箱 is made of 2 characters: 信 (9 strokes), 箱 (15 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

Is 信箱 an HSK word?

Yes. 信箱 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 信箱 and 邮箱?

Both can mean mailbox or email inbox. 邮箱 (yóuxiāng) is more common today for email, while 信箱 sounds slightly more traditional but is still widely understood.

How do I say I checked my inbox?

You can say 我查了一下信箱。(Wǒ chá le yíxià xìnxiāng.) The verb 查 (chá, to check) or 看 (kàn, to look at) pairs naturally with 信箱.