How to say “send” in Chinese
send (a message)
“Send” in Chinese is 发送, fā sòng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
发送 is read fā sòng: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Its second reading is fà, “hair”: in 头发 it sounds with the neutral tone, fa.
On the left, 辶 “walk”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “发送”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 发送. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 先把文件扫描成电子版，然后压缩一下，最后作为附件发送。xiānbǎwénjiànsǎomiáochéngdiànzǐbǎn,ránhòuyāsuōyíxià,zuìhòuzuòwéifùjiànfāsòngFirst scan the document into electronic form, then compress it, and finally send it as an attachment.
More words from the lesson “Letters and messages”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “send” in Chinese?
“Send” in Chinese is 发送, pinyin fāsòng.
What does 发送 mean?
发送 (fāsòng) means “send (a message)”.
How do you write 发送?
发送 is 2 characters: 发 (fā) — send, emit; 送 (sòng) — give, see off. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 发送?
发送 is read fāsòng. Tones: fā — first tone, sòng — fourth tone. The page has an audio recording.
“send” in the lesson “Letters and messages”
This word is from the topic “Office and documents” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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