消息(xiāo xi)

HSK 42 characters

(piece of) news

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

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

  • 这是官方消息

    zhè shì guān fāng xiāo xī

    This news is official.

  • 我有个坏消息

    wǒ yǒu gè huài xiāo xī

    I have a bit of bad news.

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