信 xìn
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xìn
verb
to believe; to trust
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 信 is synonymous with 相信 or 信任 in this sense (FE '信' 3; GDC '信' 5; Kroll 2015 '信' 1a, p. 508) -
xìn
noun
a letter
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 信 is synonymous with 书信 in this sense (FE '信' 6; Kroll 2015 '信' 5, p. 508) -
xìn
noun
evidence
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 信物 (FE '信' 7; GHC '信' 7; Kroll 2015 '信' 2a, p. 508) -
xìn
noun
faith; confidence
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '信' 1; Kroll 2015 '信' 1c, p. 508) -
xìn
adjective
honest; sincere; true
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 信 is synonymous with 诚 in this sense (FE '信' 1; GHC '信' 1; Kroll 2015 '信' 1, p. 508) -
xìn
noun
proof; a certificate; a receipt; a voucher
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 信 is synonymous with 凭证 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '信' 2, p. 508) -
xìn
noun
an official holding a document
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Such as a document or letter to be delivered as a diplomatic mission (FE '信' 4; GHC '信' 8; Kroll 2015 '信' 3, p. 508) -
xìn
adverb
willfully; randomly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 信 is synonymous with 随便 in this sense (FE '信' 8) -
xìn
adverb
truly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: May be used in Literary Chinese to emphasize a supposition in a complex sentence with a subordinating conjunction (like 'if') (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 153; Kroll 2015 '信' 1b, p. 508; GHC '信' 2). -
xìn
noun
a gift
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '信' 6, p. 508) -
xìn
noun
credit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 信用 (GHC '信' 3) -
xìn
adverb
on time; regularly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 准时 (FE '信' 9; GHC '信' 4) -
xìn
adjective
to lodge in one place two or more nights in a row
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '信' 10; Kroll 2015 '信' 4, p. 508) -
xìn
noun
news; a message
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '信' 5) -
xìn
noun
arsenic
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 信石 (CCD 2 '信')
Contained in
- 信用观察(信用觀察) credit watch
- 回邮信封(回郵信封) self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE)
- 信誓旦旦 to make a solemn vow
- 介绍信(介紹信) letter of introduction
- 信报(信報) Hong Kong Economic Journal
- 通信线(通信線) communication line; hot line
- 黑背信天翁 Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
- 炒信 (of a business operator) to inflate one's reputation by dishonest means (e.g. posting fake reviews)
- 限时信(限時信) mail to be delivered by a specified time
- 信息系统(信息系統) information system
- 信条(信條) a creed; an article of faith; a tenet; a precept
- 电话信号(電話信號) telephone signal
- 信用等级(信用等級) credit level
- 孝悌忠信 Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity
- 信道 a signal path; a channel
- 信手 casually; in passing
- 不可置信 unbelievable; incredible
- 回信 to reply to a letter; to write back ; a reply letter
- 言必信,行必果 one must be a man of his word and resolute in his work
- 信口 to blurt something out; to open one's mouth without thinking
- 难以置信(難以置信) hard to believe; incredible
- 置信系数(置信係數) confidence coefficient
- 听信谣言(聽信謠言) to take heed of idle chatter
- 中国电信(中國電信) China Telecom
- 信用证券(信用證券) instrument of credit; letter of credit
- 威信扫地(威信掃地) to lose every scrap of reputation
- 人而无信,不知其可(人而無信,不知其可) if a person is not trustworthy, I do not know how they can get on
- 通信协定(通信協定) communications protocol
- 亲信(親信) a trusted aide
- 电信(電信) telecommunications
- 改信 to convert (to another religion)
- 不可撤销信用证(不可撤銷信用證) irrevocable letter of credit
- 短尾信天翁 short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
- 光信号(光信號) optical signal
- 信号灯(信號燈) signal light; car indicator
- 随信附上(隨信附上) enclosed with (this) letter
- 阿拉伯电信联盟(阿拉伯電信聯盟) Arab Telecommunication Union
- 弃信(棄信) to abandon one's faith
- 黑信 blackmail
- 拣信室(揀信室) mail sorting office
- 置信 to believe ; confidence (interval etc)
Also contained in
信度河 、 国际电信联盟 、 信息学 、 通信协议 、 简易信息聚合 、 海信 、 林智信 、 信宜 、 联邦通信委员会 、 信州
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- 卷三十四 韓彭英盧吳傳 Volume 34: Han, Peng, Ying, Lu and Wu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 116
- 《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 107
- 卷16 列傳第8 趙貴 獨孤信 侯莫陳崇 十二大將軍 Volume 16 Biographies 8: Zhao Gui; Du Guxin; Houmo Chencheng; 12 Senior Generals Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 70
- 卷六十一 列傳第四十九: 王盟 獨孤信 竇熾 賀蘭祥 叱列伏龜 閻慶 史寧 權景宣 Volume 61 Biographies 49: Wang Meng, Du Guxin, Dou Chi, He Lanxiang, Chilie Fugui, Yan Qing, Shi Ning, Quan Jingxuan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 59
- 卷一百七十二 列傳第六十 羅亨信 侯璡 楊寧 王來 孫原貞 朱鑑 楊信民 張驥 馬謹 程信 白圭 張瓚 孔鏞 鄧廷瓚 王軾 劉丙 Volume 172 Biographies 60: Luo Hengxin, Hou Jin, Yang Ning, Wang Lai, Sun Yuanzhen, Zhu Jian, Yang Xinmin, Zhang Ji, Ma Jin, Cheng Xin, Bai Gui, Zhang Zan, Kong Yong, Deng Tingzan, Wang Shi, Liu Bing History of Ming 明史 — count: 56
- 卷四十七 Scroll 47 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 53
- 卷二十 趙三 Chapter 20: Zhao III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 44
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 43
- 卷三百九十五 列傳第一百五十四 樓鑰 李大性 任希夷 徐應龍 莊夏 王阮 王質 陸游 方信孺 王柟 Volume 395 Biographies 154: Lou Yao, Li Daxing, Ren Xiyi, Xu Yinglong, Zhuang Xia, Wang Ruan, Wang Zhi, Lu You, Fang Xinru, Wang Nan History of Song 宋史 — count: 38
- 卷二百六十 列傳第十九 曹翰 楊嗣 党進 李漢瓊 劉遇 李懷忠 米信 田重進 劉廷翰 崔翰 Volume 260 Biographies 19: Cao Han, Yang Si, Dang Jin, Li Hanqiong, Liu Yu, Li Huaizhong, Mi Xin, Tian Zhongjin, Liu Tinghan, Cui Han History of Song 宋史 — count: 38
Collocations
- 信谗 (信讒) 宣公多信讒 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧陳‧防有鵲巢 Lessons from the states - Odes of Chen - Fang You Que Chao — count: 5
- 君子信 (君子信) 君子信讒 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小弁 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Bian — count: 3
- 信南 (信南) 信南山 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧信南山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Xin Nan Shan — count: 3
- 信厚 (信厚) 皆信厚如麟趾之時也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧麟之趾 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Lin Zhi Zhi — count: 2
- 荐信 (薦信) 其祝史薦信 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2
- 信中国 (信中國) 吳信中國而攘夷狄 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 2
- 信子 (信子) 王唯信子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2
- 陈信 (陳信) 其祝史陳信於鬼神 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
- 君信 (君信) 君信之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2
- 信吴 (信吳) 王唯信吳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2