消息(xiāo xi): (piece of) news
HSK 32 characters
(piece of) news
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- xiāo xi
- Meaning
- (piece of) news; information
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- Same
Appears in lessons
消息 is taught in these textbook lessons.
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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