邮件 yóujiàn email
mail; post; email
How to remember 邮件: 邮 mail + 件 measure word for clothes and items = email.
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How it is used
- Covers both physical post and email, but in modern usage most often means email (short for 电子邮件) - 发邮件 (fā yóujiàn) send an email.
- More formal and written than 消息/信息 (message); contrast 信 (xìn), a physical letter.
- Common in workplace and official contexts.
Example sentences
- 我收到一个电子邮件。 Wǒ shōu dào yīge diànzǐ yóujiàn.I received an e-mail.
- 你收到了我发的邮件了吗？ Nǐ shōudào le wǒ fā de yóujiàn le ma?Did you get my letter?
- 我只想查一下我的电子邮件。 Wǒ zhǐ xiǎngchá yīxià wǒ de diànziyóujiàn.I just wanted to check my email.