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
- 信口开河(信口開河) to speak without thinking; to blurt something out
- 后信号灯(後信號燈) car rear indicator
- 通信线(通信線) communication line; hot line
- 信鸽(信鴿) homing pigeon; carrier pigeon
- 信息图形(信息圖形) infographic
- 信神者 a believer
- 明信片 postcard
- 深信 to firmly believe ; determination; resolution; adhyāśaya
- 听信(聽信) to hear news ; to await further orders
- 死信 lost letter; letter containing news of somebody's death
- 短尾信天翁 short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
- 潮信 set times for the tides ; menstrual period
- 固网电信(固網電信) landline (fixed-line) telecommunications
- 信徒 a disciple; a believer
- 信阳地区(信陽地區) Xinyang prefecture
- 信用等级(信用等級) credit level
- 善信 to devotedly believe
- 信石 arsenic
- 短信 SMS message; text message
- 发信(發信) to post a letter
- 置信 to believe ; confidence (interval etc)
- 宠信(寵信) to dote on and trust
- 通信卫星(通信衛星) communications satellite
- 通信协定(通信協定) communications protocol
- 信佛 to believe in Buddhism
- 信件 a letter; mail
- 不信任案 no-confidence motion
- 中华电信(中華電信) Chunghwa Telecom
- 信封 an envelope
- 轻信(輕信) to easily trust; gullible; naïve
- 中国电信(中國電信) China Telecom
- 数据通信(數據通信) data communication
- 微信 WeChat
- 邮政信箱(郵政信箱) post office box
- 信托基金 investment fund
- 虔信者 pious believer; devotee; fundamentalist
- 求职信(求職信) cover letter; job application
- 崇信宦官 gave his trust to the palace eunuchs
Also contained in
数字信号处理技术 、 近场通信 、 即时通信 、 出错信息 、 信根 、 通信协议 、 四不坏信 、 地理信息系统 、 信忍 、 卫奕信 、 简易信息聚合 、 置信区间 、 印信
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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: 109
- 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: 42
- 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: 39
- 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
- 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
- 信人 (信人) 無信人之言 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧揚之水 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Yang Zhi Shui — 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
- 近信 (近信) 而甚近信之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — 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