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信
xìn
1.
letter
2.
mail
3.
CL:[[封<fēng>]]
4.
to trust
5.
to believe
6.
to profess faith in
7.
truthful
8.
confidence
9.
trust
10.
at will
11.
at random
Very Common • Top 1%
✏️ 9 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
互信
hùxìn
mutual trust
他信
Tāxìn
Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006
来信
láixìn
incoming letter
信令
xìnlìng
signaling (engineering)
信仰
xìnyǎng
to believe in (a religion)
信件
xìnjiàn
letter (sent by mail)
信任
xìnrèn
to trust
信佛
xìnFó
to believe in Buddhism
信使
xìnshǐ
messenger
信函
xìnhán
letter
信口
xìnkǒu
to blurt sth out
信报
xìnbào
abbr. for [[信報財經新聞|信报财经新闻]], Hong Kong Economic Journal
信奉
xìnfèng
belief
信守
xìnshǒu
to abide by
信宜
Xìnyí
Xinyi county level city in Maoming [[茂名]], Guangdong
信宿
xìnsù
(ancient) to lodge for two nights
信实
xìnshí
trustworthy
信封
xìnfēng
envelope
信州
Xìnzhōu
Xinzhou district of Shangrao prefecture level city [[上饒市|上饶市]], Jiangxi
信差
xìnchāi
messenger
Example Sentences (3)
原来寄信需要好几天，现在连邮局都不用去，只要在家里上网发个电子邮件，用不了一分钟，远处的朋友就能收到，比写信封用的时间都短。
Yuánlái jì xìn xūyào hǎo jǐ tiān, xiànzài lián yóujú dōu bùyòng qù, zhǐyào zài jiālǐ shàngwǎng fā gè diànzǐ yóujiàn, yòng bù liǎo yì fēnzhōng, yuǎnchù de péngyǒu jiù néng shōudào, bǐ xiě xìnfēng yòng de shíjiān dōu duǎn.
It used to take several days to mail a letter. Now you don’t even need to go to the post office; just go online at home and send an email; it takes less than a minute, and friends far away can receive it, which is even shorter than the time spent addressing an envelope.
Text 5
还应该有国外大学给你的邀请信吧？他们把邀请信传真给你了吗？
Hái yīnggāi yǒu guówài dàxué gěi nǐ de yāoqǐngxìn ba? Tāmen bǎ yāoqǐngxìn chuánzhēn gěi nǐ le ma?
There should also be an invitation letter from a foreign university, right? Did they fax you the invitation letter?
Text 1
还应该有国外大学给你的邀请信吧？他们把邀请信传真给你了吗？
Hái yīnggāi yǒu guówài dàxué gěi nǐ de yāoqǐngxìn ba? Tāmen bǎ yāoqǐngxìn chuánzhēn gěi nǐ le ma?
There should also be an invitation letter from a foreign university, right? Did they fax you the invitation letter?
Text 1
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 175
- Word Frequency Rank
- 449 of 84,292