cǎixìn

彩信

Word · Noun

multimedia message; MMS

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Meanings

1 sense · 5 examples
1.

noun

multimedia messaging service (MMS); multimedia message

neutral

The term is commonly used in China to refer to MMS, a standard way to send messages that include images, video, audio, and text between mobile phones. It contrasts with '短信' (SMS), which is text-only.

Wǒ我
fā发
le了
yī一
zhāng张
zhào照
piàn片
gěi给
tā他
 ,
yòng用
de的
shì是
cǎi彩
xìn信
 。

I sent him a photo using MMS.

Zhè这
tiáo条
cǎi彩
xìn信
bāo包
hán含
yī一
duàn段
shì视
pín频
hé和
shēng生
rì日
kuài快
lè乐
gē歌
 。

This MMS contains a video clip and a birthday song.

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Wǒ我
de的
shǒu手
jī机
tào套
cān餐
měi每
gè个
yuè月
yǒu有
wǔ5
shí0
tiáo条
miǎn免
fèi费
cǎi彩
xìn信
 。

My phone plan includes 50 free MMS messages per month.

Bǐ比
qǐ起
pǔ普
tōng通
duǎn短
xìn信
 ,
cǎi彩
xìn信
de的
liú流
liàng量
fèi费
yào要
gāo高
yī一
xiē些
 。

Compared to ordinary text messages, MMS uses more data and is a bit more expensive.

Xiàn现
zài在
hěn很
duō多
rén人
zhí直
jiē接
shǐ使
yòng用
wēi微
xìn信
 ,
fā发
cǎi彩
xìn信
de的
rén人
yuè越
lái来
yuè越
shǎo少
le了
 。

Nowadays, many people use WeChat directly, and fewer and fewer people send MMS messages.