信封(xìn fēng): envelope

Watch how each character of 信封 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.

How 信封 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

• 我撕开了信封。

  wǒ sī kāi le xìn fēng

  I ripped the envelope open.

• 我在信封上写错了地址。

  wǒ zài xìn fēng shàng xiě cuò le dì zhǐ

  I wrote the wrong address on the envelope.