信

xìn

true; real, confidence; trust; faith, sign; evidence, letter; mail, message; word; information, believe, profess faith in; believe in, at will; at random; without plan

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believe; faith; fuse; letter; message; sign; true; trust; without plan

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believe; faith; fuse; letter; message; sign; true; trust; without plan

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xìn

n. trust, faith, letter, message, sign, true

xìn

v. letter, trust, believe

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xin4

letter, mail, CL:封, to trust, to believe, to profess faith in, truthful, confidence, trust, at will, at random

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信

xìn

名

（书信） letter; mail:

保价信 insured letter;

拆信 open a letter;

公开信 an open letter;

挂号信 registered letter;

平信 ordinary letter (mail);

私信 personal (private) letter;

证明信 certificate; certification

（信息;消息） message; word; information:

口信 a verbal message; an oral message;

通风报信 divulge secret information; tip sb. off;

还没有信儿呢。 No news yet.

你到达后给我来个信儿。 Please send me word of your arrival.

请你捎个信儿给他好吗? Would you mind giving him a message?

（凭据） sign; evidence:

信号 signal;

印信 official seal

（信用） confidence; trust; faith:

取信于民 win the people's confidence (trust);

失信 break faith (one's promise);

言而无信 fail to keep faith; go back on one's word

（引信） fuse:

炸药信管 fuse in a blasting charge

（信石; 砒霜） arsenic:

白信 white arsenic

（姓氏） a surname:

信都芳 Xin Dufang

动

（相信） believe; take stock in; credit:

坚信 firmly (staunchly) believe;

将信将疑 half believe and half doubt;

信不信由你 believe it or not;

信以为真 accept sth. as true;

他深信自己必将成功。 He profoundly believes in his future success.

（听凭; 放任; 随意） at will; at random; without plan:

信笔写来 write freely without hesitation;

信步闲游 walk aimlessly

（信奉） profess faith in; believe in:

信佛 profess Buddhism

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（确实） true:

信乎? Is it true?

信然。 It is indeed true.

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信|信 [xìn] ► letter ► mail ► CL:↑封 [fēng] ► to trust ► to believe ► to profess faith in ► truthful ► confidence ► trust ► at will ► at random