She is writing a letter now.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
写信
to write a letter
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to write a letter
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 写信 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 写信 appears in 66 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Are you writing a letter?
Are you writing a letter?
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 写信.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 写信.
Directly before
- 在写信8
- 你写信6
- 我写信6
- 母亲写信5
- 正在写信5
Directly after
- 写信了8
- 写信吗6
- 写信告诉2
- 写信的2
- 写信写1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 写信
What does 写信 mean in Chinese?
写信 (xiěxìn) means to write a letter.
How do you pronounce 写信?
写信 is pronounced xiěxìn.
Is 写信 an HSK word?
写信 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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