Nowadays people mainly use WeChat or other messengers to communicate. But in the work place you probably still have to write an e-mail sometimes. E-Mail in Chinese is 电邮 (diàn yóu) and literally means “electric post”. It is a short version of 电子邮件 (diàn zǐ yóu jiàn). Here are some helpful words and phrases for using e-mails: E-mail address: 电子邮件地址 (diànzǐ yóujiàn dìzhǐ) Send: 发送 (fāsòng) I'll send you an e-mail tomorrow afternoon: 明天下午我会给你发电子邮件 (míngtiān xiàwǔ wǒ huìgěinǐ fā diànziyóujiàn) Forwarding: 转发 (zhuǎnfā) Draft: 草稿 (cáogǎo) Spam mail: 垃圾邮件 (lājī yóujiàn) Attachment: 附件 (fùjiàn) Inbox: 收件箱 (shōujiànxiāng) Outbox: 发件箱 (fājiànxiāng) Signature block: 签名块 (qiānmíngkuài) Emoticon: 表情符号 (biǎoqíng fúhào) Write e-mail: 写电邮 (xiě diànyóu) Flag e-mail: 标记一封电邮 (biāojì yìfēng diànyóu) Mark as unread: 标为已读 (biāowéi yǐdú) Read e-mail: 看电子邮件 (kàn diànzǐyóujiàn) Reply to e-mail: 回复电邮 (huífù diànyóu) Attach a picture to an e-mail: 给电邮附上一张图片 (gěi diànyóu fùshang yì zhāng túpiàn) |