“Envelope” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “envelope” is 封筒 (fūtō). In Chinese it is 信封 (xìn fēng).
Japanese
封筒
ふうとう · fūtō
手紙は封筒に入っています。
The letter is in the envelope.
Chinese (Simplified)
信封
xìn fēng
信在信封里。
The letter is in the envelope.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 个: 一个信封 means “one envelope”.
“Envelope” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 封筒 ふうとう · fūtō | 手紙は封筒に入っています。 |
| English | envelope /ˈenvəloʊp/ | The letter is in the envelope. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 信封 xìn fēng | 信在信封里。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 信封 xìn fēng | 信在信封裡。 |
| Korean | 봉투 | 편지는 봉투 안에 있어요. |
| Spanish | sobre | La carta está en el sobre. |
| French | enveloppe | La lettre est dans l'enveloppe. |
| German | Briefumschlag | Der Brief ist im Briefumschlag. |
| Italian | busta | La lettera è nella busta. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | envelope | A carta está no envelope. |
| Russian | конверт | Письмо в конверте. |
| Arabic | ظرف | الرسالة في الظرف. |
| Hindi | लिफ़ाफ़ा | चिट्ठी लिफ़ाफ़े में है। |
| Indonesian | amplop | Surat itu ada di dalam amplop. |
| Vietnamese | phong bì | Lá thư ở trong phong bì. |
| Thai | ซองจดหมาย | จดหมายอยู่ในซองจดหมาย |
| Turkish | zarf | Mektup zarfın içinde. |
| Dutch | envelop | De brief zit in de envelop. |
| Swedish | kuvert | Brevet ligger i kuvertet. |
| Polish | koperta | List jest w kopercie. |
