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發送短訊

faat3 sung3 dyun2 seon3

fa1 song4 duan3 xun4

to send a (mobile phone) SMS text message; (UK) to text; to be texting; (MY/SG) to SMS | Cantonese speakers are more likely to use the English word 'send' than to use '發送' | SMS is 'Short Message Service'

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 391,000

發送短訊

發 faat3 fa1 bo1 - send out, launch; to become; uncover
送 sung3 song4 - send; give; see sb off
短 dyun2 duan3 - short (length)
訊 seon3 xin4 sui4 xun4 - [1] [v] inquire; ask; question [2] information

This word was added by tym on 8th May 2005 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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