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信 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人卜一口 (OYMR), four-corner 20261, composition )

Derived characters

信 - Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character

Ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljins) : phonetic (OC *njin, person) + semantic (word).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard)
      • (Pinyin): xìn (xin4)
      • (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • (Chengdu, SP): xin4
    • (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щин (xin, III)
  • Cantonese
    • (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seon3
    • (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhin1, lhin1*
  • Gan (Wiktionary): xin4
  • Hakka
    • (Sixian, PFS): sin
    • (Meixian, Guangdong): xin4
  • Jin (Wiktionary): xing3
  • Min Bei (KCR): se̿ng
  • Min Dong (BUC): séng
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): sìn / siàn
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): sing3 / sêng3 / siang3
  • Wu (Wiktionary): 2xin
  • Xiang (Wiktionary): sin4
  • Dialectal data
  • Middle Chinese: /siɪnH/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ni[ŋ]-s/
    • (Zhengzhang): /*hljins/

Definitions

  1. true; accurate; verifiable
  2. truly; indeed
  3. trustworthy
  4. to believe; to trust in something
    •    Wǒ cái bù xìn ne.   I don't believe it/you.
    •    xìnrèn   to trust
  5. to believe in (a faith); to be religious in
  6. trust; confidence; faith
  7. at will
    • 口雌黃口雌黄   xìnkǒu cíhuáng   to make irresponsible remarks (lit. to correct someone with at will)
  8. letter (written communication) (Classifier: m c mn)
  9. message; news; information
    •    xìn   news, message
  10. evidence
    •    xìn   token, keepsake
  11. courier; messenger
  12. (mineralogy) arsenolite
  13. a surname: Xin

Synonyms

  • (true):
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  • (to believe):
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Variety Location Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 相信
Mandarin Beijing
Taiwan 相信
Tianjin
Tangshan
Cangzhou
Baoding
Shijiazhuang
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 相信
Harbin 相信
Shenyang 相信,
Yantai (Muping)
Qingdao
Jinan
Luoyang
Wanrong
Zhengzhou
Xi'an 相信,
Yinchuan 相信,
Lanzhou 相信
Xining 相信, 信服,
Ürümqi , 相信
Wuhan 相信,
Chengdu 相信, , 信實
Chongqing
Guiyang 相信,
Kunming 相信,
Guilin 相信
Liuzhou 相信,
Xuzhou 相信,
Yangzhou 相信,
Nanjing 相信
Hefei 相信,
Nantong 相信,
Malaysia 相信
Singapore 相信
Cantonese Guangzhou 相信,
Hong Kong 相信,
Yangjiang 相信,
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
Singapore (Guangfu)
Gan Nanchang 相信,
Pingxiang
Hakka Meixian 相信
Yudu 相信
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 相信
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 相信
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 相信
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 相信
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 相信
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 相信
Huizhou Jixi 相信
Jin Taiyuan 相信,
Xinzhou 相信,
Linhe 相信,
Jining 相信
Hohhot 相信,
Zhangjiakou 相信
Handan 相信,
Min Bei Jian'ou 相信
Min Dong Fuzhou 相信, 信用,
Min Nan Xiamen 相信
Quanzhou 相信
Zhangzhou 相信
Tainan 相信
Penang (Hokkien) 相信
Singapore (Hokkien) 相信
Manila (Hokkien) 相信
Chaozhou 相信
Jieyang 相信
Singapore (Teochew) 相信
Leizhou
Haikou 相信
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 相信
Wu Shanghai 相信
Shanghai (Chongming) 相信
Suzhou 相信
Danyang 相信
Hangzhou 相信
Ningbo 相信
Wenzhou 相信,
Jinhua 相信
Xiang Changsha
Loudi
Shuangfeng 相信,
  • (to believe in a faith): 信仰 (xìnyǎng)
  • (letter):
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Variety Location Words
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Classical Chinese , , 書札, 書函, 便紙 Korea
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) , , 書信, 信件, 信函, 信札, 函件, 書函, 書簡, 書牘, 書札
Mandarin Beijing
Taiwan
Yantai (Muping)
Jinan
Luoyang
Wanrong
Xi'an
Yinchuan
Lanzhou
Xining
Ürümqi
Wuhan
Chengdu
Guiyang
Guilin
Liuzhou
Xuzhou
Yangzhou
Nanjing
Hefei
Malaysia
Singapore
Dagudi (Maliba)
Reshuitang (Longling)
Mae Salong (Lancang)
Mae Sai (Tengchong)
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
Macau
Guangzhou (Panyu)
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
Guangzhou (Conghua)
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
Foshan
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
Foshan (Shunde)
Foshan (Sanshui)
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
Zhuhai (Doumen)
Jiangmen (Baisha)
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
Taishan
Kaiping (Chikan)
Enping (Niujiang)
Heshan (Yayao)
Dongguan
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
Shaoguan
Yunfu
Yangjiang
Xinyi
Lianjiang
Beihai
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
Singapore (Guangfu)
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
Móng Cái
Gan Nanchang
Lichuan
Pingxiang
Hakka Meixian
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
Dongguan (Qingxi)
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
Wuhua (Huacheng)
Wuhua (Changbu)
Wuhua (Mianyang)
Conghua (Lütian)
Luhe 信仔
Yudu
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 信仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 信仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 信仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 信仔,
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) ,
Hong Kong
Huizhou Jixi
Jin Taiyuan
Xinzhou
Min Bei Jian'ou
Songxi
Jianyang
Min Dong Fuzhou
Gutian
Pingnan ,
Ningde
Zhouning
Fuding
Matsu
Singapore (Fuqing)
Min Nan Xiamen , 批信
Quanzhou , 批信
Yongchun
Zhangzhou , 批信
Zhao'an
Taipei
New Taipei (Sanxia)
Kaohsiung
Yilan
Changhua (Lukang)
Taichung
Taichung (Wuqi)
Tainan , 批信
Taitung
Hsinchu
Kinmen
Penghu (Magong)
Penang (Hokkien)
Singapore (Hokkien) , 批信
Manila (Hokkien)
Longyan
Datian
Chaozhou , international incoming letters
Bangkok (Teochew) , 家批 dated
Singapore (Teochew) ,
Batam (Teochew)
Leizhou
Wenchang domestic, international
Haikou
Singapore (Hainanese) ,
Puxian Min Putian
Xianyou
Fuding (Aoyao)
Min Zhong Yong'an
Shaxian
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu)
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi)
Wu Shanghai
Shanghai (Chongming)
Suzhou
Danyang
Ningbo
Wenzhou
Jinhua
Xiang Changsha
Loudi
Shuangfeng
  • (information):
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  • (hào) (literary, or in compounds, chiefly bad news)
  • 情報情报 (qíngbào) (especially in the military or espionage)
  • (evidence):
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Compounds


Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): san1

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (shēn, “to express; to state”).
  2. Alternative form of (shēn, “to extend”).

信 - Japanese

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Noun

(しん) (shin) 

  1. trust, faith
    • (しん)()く、(しん)()
      • shin o oku, shin o eru
      • to put one's trust (in something), to gain someone's trust

信 - Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 믿을 (mideul sin))

  1. Hanja form? of (believe; trust).

信 - Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: tín, tin

Meaning and Definition of 信
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