"Message" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 信息 | xìn xī | information / news / message |   |
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news / information / message / CL:條|条[tiao2] | |
| 消耗 | xiāo hào | to consume / to use up / to deplete / to expend / (old) news / mail / message | |
| 帖子 | tiě zi | card / invitation / message / (forum) post | |
| 留言 | liú yán | to leave a message / to leave one's comments / message | |
| 讯息 | xùn xī | information / news / message / text message / SMS | |
| 诉求 | sù qiú | to demand / to call for / to petition / demand / wish / request / to promote one's brand / to appeal to (consumers) / (marketing) message / pitch | |
| 寓意 | yù yì | moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning | |
| 音信 | yīn xìn | message | |
| 音耗 | yīn hào | message | |
| 飞鸿 | fēi hóng | swan goose / (fig.) letter / message | |
| 短信 | duǎn xìn | text message / SMS | |
| 语音 | yǔ yīn | speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message | |
| 简讯 | jiǎn xùn | newsletter / the news in brief / (Tw) SMS message | |
| 感染力 | gǎn rǎn lì | infectiousness (of a disease) / appeal / power / impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc) | |
| 短讯 | duǎn xùn | SMS / text message | |
| 传话 | chuán huà | to pass on a story / to communicate a message | |
| 贺词 | hè cí | message of congratulation | |
| 多媒体信息 | duō méi tǐ xìn xī | multimedia message / MMS message | |
| 电传 | diàn chuán | to send information using electronic means (such as fax, telegram, telex etc) / a message transmitted using electronic means / telex / teleprinter | |
| 贺信 | hè xìn | congratulatory letter or message | |
| 漂流瓶 | piāo liú píng | message in a bottle | |
| 献词 | xiàn cí | congratulatory message | |
| 密 |  mì | dense / close / thick / intimate / close / (bound form) secret / confidential / (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb) / to DM | |
| 不以辞害志 | bù yǐ cí hài zhì | don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom) / don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say | |
| 寓意深远 | yù yì shēn yuǎn | the implied message is deep (idiom) / having deep implications | |
| 口信 | kǒu xìn | oral message | |
| 发报 | fā bào | to send a message | |
| 留话 | liú huà | to leave word / to leave a message | |
| 讯息处理系统 | xùn xī chǔ lǐ xì tǒng | Message Handling System / MHS | |
| 讯息传递中介 | xùn xī chuán dì zhōng jiè | message transfer agent / MTA | |
| 不以词害志 | bù yǐ cí hài zhì | don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom) / don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say | |
| 出错信息 | chū cuò xìn xī | error message (computing) | |
| 唁函 | yàn hán | a message of condolence | |
| 寄辞 | jì cí | to send a message | |
| 留白 | liú bái | to leave a message / to leave some empty space in a work of art / to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc) | |
| 行销诉求 | xíng xiāo sù qiú | marketing message | |
| 赞飨 | zàn xiǎng | message dedicated to a deity | |
| 递条子 | dì tiáo zi | to pass a message | |
| 电唁 | diàn yàn | a telegraph condolence / to send a message of condolence by telegram | |
| 联合国标准报文 | lián hé guó biāo zhǔn bào wén | United Nations Standard Message | |
| 明码电报 | míng mǎ diàn bào | clear message | |
| 飞行任务文电 | air tasking message | | |
| 短信息服务 | Short Message Service / text messaging | | |
| 吧主 | bā zhǔ | message board moderator or administrator | |
| 私信 | sī xìn | private correspondence / personal letter / (computing) personal message (PM) / to message sb | |
| 消息队列 | xiāo xi duì liè | message queue (computing) | |
| PO文 | pō wén | (coll.) to post a message | |
| 私讯 | sī xùn | (Tw) private message / to send a private message | |
| PO文 | pōu wén | (Internet slang) to post a message | |
| 喊话 | hǎn huà | to speak using a loud voice or megaphone etc / (fig.) to convey a strong message | |
| 即时消息 | jí shí xiāo xi | instant message | |
| 寄语 | jì yǔ | to give an earnest message of good wishes, encouragement, or advice etc / a message of this sort | |
| 尺牍 | chǐ dú | (literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times / (as a metonym) letter / written message | |
| 尺素 | chǐ sù | (literary) a one-foot-long piece of white silk, used for writing in ancient times / (as a metonym) letter / written message | |
