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来信

lái xìn · lai xin

Traditional 來信

HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. incoming letter
  2. to send us a letter
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A letter from Grandma

  1. Dengdeng

    你看(nǐkàn)，我(wǒ)收到了(shōudàole)一封(yīfēng)来信(láixìn)！

    Look, I received a letter!

  2. Liangliang

    现在(xiànzài)还(hái)有人(yǒurén)写信(xiěxìn)？谁(shéi)写的(xiěde)？

    People still write letters nowadays? Who wrote it?

  3. Dengdeng

    是(shì)我奶奶(wǒnǎinai)，她的(tāde)来信(láixìn)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)一张(yīzhāng)照片(zhàopiàn)。

    It's my grandma. There's a photo in her letter.

  4. Liangliang

    照片(zhàopiàn)上(shàng)是(shì)什么(shénme)？

    What's in the photo?

  5. Dengdeng

    是(shì)奶奶家(nǎinaijiā)的(de)菜园(càiyuán)，她(tā)说(shuō)西红柿(xīhóngshì)熟了(shúle)。

    It's Grandma's vegetable garden. She says the tomatoes are ripe.

  6. Liangliang

    这封(zhèfēng)来信(láixìn)是(shì)叫(jiào)你(nǐ)回家(huíjiā)吃饭(chīfàn)！

    This letter is telling you to come home to eat!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

费(fèi)欧(ōu)娜(nà)的(de)来(lái)信(xìn)渐(jiàn)渐(jiàn)减(jiǎn)少(shǎo)了(le)。

Letters from Fiona came gradually less and less.

Tatoeba: Chinese by cienias · English by weihaiping · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)收(shōu)到(dào)了(le)你(nǐ)的(de)来(lái)信(xìn)并(bìng)很(hěn)高(gāo)兴(xìng)地(de)读(dú)了(le)。

I have received your letter and read it with delight.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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