信 xìn

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. xìn noun faith; confidence
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '信' 1; Kroll 2015 '信' 1c, p. 508)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. xìn adverb willfully; randomly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 信 is synonymous with 随便 in this sense (FE '信' 8)
9. 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).
10. xìn noun a gift
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '信' 6, p. 508)
11. xìn noun credit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 信用 (GHC '信' 3)
12. xìn adverb on time; regularly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 准时 (FE '信' 9; GHC '信' 4)
13. 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)
14. xìn noun news; a message
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (FE '信' 5)
15. xìn noun arsenic
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 信石 (CCD 2 '信')

Contained in

• 信贷危机(信貸危機) credit crisis
• 背信弃义(背信棄義) breaking faith and abandoning right; to betray; treachery; perfidy
• 通信协定(通信協定) communications protocol
• 黑信 blackmail
• 深信不疑 to believe firmly without any doubt; absolute certainty about sth
• 信息与通讯技术(信息與通訊技術) information and communication technology (ICT)
• 威信扫地(威信掃地) to lose every scrap of reputation
• 其之末能信 I cannot trust him
• 信守 to abide by; to keep
• 通信卫星(通信衛星) communications satellite
• 不信任动议(不信任動議) motion of no confidence (against the government, in parliamentary debates)
• 电信(電信) telecommunications
• 口信 oral message
• 信息素 pheromone
• 守信 to keep promises
• 通信地址 mail address
• 微信 WeChat
• 信托(信託) to entrust; trust bond
• 信女 a female lay Buddhist
• 信孚中外 to be trusted both at home and abroad
• 杳无音信(杳無音信) to have no news whatever
• 炒信 (of a business operator) to inflate one's reputation by dishonest means (e.g. posting fake reviews)
• 月信 menstruation; period
• 确信(確信) to be confident; to be sure; to firmly believe; to be positive that ; correct information
• 工业和信息化部(工業和信息化部) Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
• 置信 to believe ; confidence (interval etc)
• 信息图(信息圖) infographic
• 定时信管(定時信管) timed detonator
• 信贷违约掉期(信貸違約掉期) credit default swap
• 迷信 superstition ; lacking a logical basis
• 发信(發信) to post a letter
• 无征不信(無徵不信) without proof one can't believe it
• 转向信号(轉向信號) turn signal (auto.); turning indicator
• 坚信(堅信) to believe firmly
• 授信 to extend credit ; credit
• 信风(信風) trade wind
• 听信谣言(聽信謠言) to take heed of idle chatter
• 信佛 to believe in Buddhism
• 信筒 mailbox; postbox
• 见信节(見信節) I see that I can trust your moral integrity
• 深信 to firmly believe

Also contained in

信宜 、 织田信长 、 信息安全 、 印信 、 信息科学 、 黄信 、 海信 、 电子信箱 、 费信 、 信义区

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Truncated for common words

• 卷三十四 韓彭英盧吳傳 Volume 34: Han, Peng, Ying, Lu and Wu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 117
• 《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 108
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 之谓信 (之謂信) 守命共時之謂信 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 信齐 (信齊) 以信齊沮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — 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