发短信 meaning in English

fāduǎnxìn

to send a text message

Traditional 發短信26 strokes

Meaning of 发短信

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fāduǎnxìn
  1. to send a text message

发短信 in example sentences

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

他tā等děng火huǒ车chē的de时shí候hòu,一yī会huì儿er听tīng音yīn乐yuè,一yī会huì儿er发fā短duǎn信xìn。
While he was waiting for the train, he listened to music and sent text messages.
你nǐ为wèi什shén么me总zǒng是shì发fā短duǎn信xìn?
Why are you texting all the time?
萨sà米mǐ和hé莱lái拉lā不bù停tíng地dì来lái回huí发fā短duǎn信xìn。
Sami and Layla kept texting back and forth.
老lǎo师shī没mò收shōu了le一yí个gè学xué生shēng的de手shǒu机jī,因yīn为wèi他tā在zài课kè上shàng发fā短duǎn信xìn。
The teacher confiscated a student's phone because he was texting in class.

Stroke order for each character

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

发 fā · to send out · 5 strokes

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短 duǎn · short · 12 strokes

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信 xìn · letter · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 发短信.

相信xiāngxìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
发现fāxiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
信息xìnxīinformation; news; message
出发chūfāto set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba
头发tóufahair (on the head)
信号xìnhàosignal
信心xìnxīnconfidence; faith (in sb or sth)
短信duǎnxìntext message; SMS
信用卡xìnyòngkǎcredit card
发生fāshēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl
信任xìnrènto trust; to have confidence in
发展fāzhǎndevelopment; growth

Questions about 发短信

What does 发短信 mean?

发短信 (fāduǎnxìn) means "to send a text message".

How do you write 发短信?

发短信 is made of 3 characters: 发 (5 strokes), 短 (12 strokes), 信 (9 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.

How is 发短信 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 发短信 is written 發短信.