消息 (xiāoxi) means News (information). Below are 16 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我还没收到他的 消息 。
Wǒ hái méi shōudào tā de xiāoxi.
I have not heard from him yet.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 消息
招聘的 消息 在网站上。
Zhāopìn de xiāoxi zài wǎngzhàn shàng.
The recruitment notice is on the website.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 招聘
听到这个 消息 我很高兴。
Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi wǒ hěn gāoxìng.
I'm happy to hear this news.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 高兴
听到这个 消息 我很吃惊。
Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi wǒ hěn chī jīng.
I was very surprised to hear this news.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 吃惊
我把这个 消息 转给他了。
Wǒ bǎ zhège xiāoxi zhuǎn gěi tā le.
I passed this news on to him.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 转
听到这个 消息 ，他非常激动。
Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā fēicháng jīdòng.
He was very excited to hear the news.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 激动
听到这个 消息 ，他心里很难受。
Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā xīn lǐ hěn nánshòu.
He felt terrible when he heard this news.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 难受
听到这个 消息 ，大家都很兴奋。
Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, dàjiā dōu hěn xīngfèn.
Everyone was excited to hear the news.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 兴奋
From the graded readers
有些东西，发 消息 是给不了的。
yǒuxiē dōngxī, fā xiāoxi shì gěi bùliǎo de / dì.
There are some things a message simply cannot give you.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
发 消息 的人用的是小林的名字。
fā xiāoxi de / dì rén yòng de / dì shì xiǎo lín de / dì míngzi.
The name on the message was Xiaolin's.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
我很不好意思地给卖家发了 消息 。
wǒ hěn bùhǎoyìsi dì / de gěi mài jiā fā le / liǎo / liào xiāoxi.
I messaged the seller, rather embarrassed.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
那天我在群里看到一条 消息 ，说我做事不认真。
nà / nèi tiān wǒ zài qún lǐ kàndào yī tiáo xiāoxi, shuō wǒ zuòshì bù rènzhēn.
That day I saw a message in a group chat saying I didn't take my work seriously.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
那条 消息 是她十四岁的弟弟发的，本来是开玩笑。
nà / nèi tiáo xiāoxi shì tā shísì suì de / dì dìdi fā de / dì, běnlái shì kāiwánxiào.
The message had been sent by her fourteen-year-old brother, as a joke.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
那天晚上，我给她发了一条很长的 消息 ，向她道歉。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang, wǒ gěi tā fā le / liǎo / liào yī tiáo hěn cháng / zhǎng de / dì xiāoxi, xiàng tā dàoqiàn.
That night I sent her a long message apologising.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
现在我给自己定了一条规矩：晚上十一点以后不看工作的 消息 。
xiànzài wǒ gěi zìjǐ dìngle yī tiáo guīju: wǎnshang shíyī diǎn yǐhòu bù kàn / kān gōngzuò de / dì xiāoxi.
Now I have one rule for myself: no work messages after eleven at night.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
Questions about 消息
How is 消息 used in a sentence?
This page shows 16 sentences using 消息 (xiāoxi, "News (information)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 消息 an HSK word?
Yes — 消息 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 消息?
The dictionary page for 消息 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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