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

• 见信节(見信節) I see that I can trust your moral integrity
• 自信 to be confident ; confident
• 信守诺言(信守諾言) to keep a promise
• 信仰者 a believer
• 信号处理(信號處理) signal processing
• 信用证(信用證) letter of credit
• 机密信(機密信) confidential correspondence
• 信敬 to believe and revere
• 信誉(信譽) reputation
• 言而不信 to say something without believing it
• 信筒 mailbox; postbox
• 不可撤销信用证(不可撤銷信用證) irrevocable letter of credit
• 发信(發信) to post a letter
• 美言不信 to say words of praise without believing their truth
• 信石 arsenic
• 短尾信天翁 short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
• 收信 to receive a letter
• 弃信(棄信) to abandon one's faith
• 信物 evidence; proof; certificate; receipt; voucher
• 虔信者 pious believer; devotee; fundamentalist
• 推荐信(推薦信) recommendation letter
• 电信号(電信號) an electrical signal
• 捎信 to take a letter; to send word
• 信息素 pheromone
• 崇信 to have faith in ; to dote on ; Chongxin
• 固网电信(固網電信) landline (fixed-line) telecommunications
• 逞志弃信(逞志棄信) to abandon one's beliefs in order to get one's way
• 善信 to devotedly believe
• 确信(確信) to be confident; to be sure; to firmly believe; to be positive that ; correct information
• 信息时代(信息時代) information age
• 不信任投票 vote of no-confidence
• 随信附上(隨信附上) enclosed with (this) letter

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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
• 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

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
• 信礼 (信禮) 信禮之亡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — 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
• 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
• 不知信 (不知信) 民不知信 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — 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