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发送

fā sòng · fa song

Traditional 發送

HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. to transmit
  2. to dispatch
  3. to issue (an official document or credential)
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Send failed

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)给(gěi)你(nǐ)发送了(fāsòngle)一个(yīgè)文件(wénjiàn)，你(nǐ)收到(shōudào)了(le)吗(ma)？

    I sent you a file. Did you get it?

  2. Liangliang

    没有(méiyǒu)，你(nǐ)再(zài)发送(fāsòng)一次(yīcì)。

    No. Send it once more.

  3. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，发送中(fāsòngzhōng)……

    OK, sending...

  4. Liangliang

    还是(háishi)没(méi)收到(shōudào)。

    I still have not got it.

  5. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，上面(shàngmiàn)写着(xiězhe)：发送(fāsòng)失败(shībài)。

    Look, it says: send failed.

  6. Liangliang

    因为(yīnwèi)你(nǐ)发送(fāsòng)给了(gěile)自己(zìjǐ)！

    Because you sent it to yourself!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

请(qǐng)把(bǎ)这(zhè)份(fèn)文(wén)件(jiàn)发(fā)送(sòng)到(dào)我(wǒ)的(de)邮(yóu)箱(xiāng)。

Please send this document to my email.

02

系(xì)统(tǒng)会(huì)自(zì)动(dòng)发(fā)送(sòng)确(què)认(rèn)信(xìn)息(xī)给(gěi)每(měi)位(wèi)用(yòng)户(hù)。

The system will automatically send a confirmation message to each user.

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The characters

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发
fā

to send out; to show (one's feeling)

送
sòng

to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present)

Individual character meanings do not always explain the meaning of a whole word.

Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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