电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn) — email

电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn)

电子邮件 means email or electronic mail. 电子 means electronic and 邮件 means mail or postal item. It can be shortened informally to 邮件 in context.

Meanings

1. [noun] Email; electronic mail.

Example Sentences

我给他发了一封电子邮件。 Wǒ gěi tā fā le yī fēng diànzǐ yóujiàn. I sent him an email.

请把文件用电子邮件发给我。 Qǐng bǎ wénjiàn yòng diànzǐ yóujiàn fā gěi wǒ. Please send me the document by email.

我每天早上检查电子邮件。 Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang jiǎnchá diànzǐ yóujiàn. I check my email every morning.

他还没有回复我的电子邮件。 Tā hái méiyǒu huífù wǒ de diànzǐ yóujiàn. He hasn't replied to my email yet.

Collocations

Memory Hook

电子 (electronic) plus 邮件 (mail). Just like regular postal 邮件 but sent electronically. Picture your old paper letters flying through wires as digital signals.