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xìn

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xìn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xìn | xin4
English translation
letter
mail
CL: Fēng [fēng]
to trust
to believe
to profess faith in
truthful
confidence
trust
at will
at random
to trust, to believe; letter, sign

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About xìn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

xìn

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Etymology of xìn

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Positional decomposition

亻言

Explanation

Conveys trusting ( xìn ) what a person ( rén ) says ( yán ).

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Example sentences using xìn

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我们 wǒmen 注意 zhùyì dào Fāng 上述 shàng shù 标题 biāotí xià de 八月 Bā yuè 五日来信 lái xìn .

We have noted your letter of August 5 under the above caption.

OEA发出 fā chū 饥饿 jīè 抑制 yì zhì 信息 xìnxī dào 大脑 dà nǎo ,增加 zēngjiā bǎo zhàng gǎn .

OEA sends hunger - curbing messages to the brain to increase feelings of fullness.

Néng kān dǒng de xìn ?

Can you make head or tail of his letter?

彼得 Bǐ dé 精神 jīngshén 沮丧 jǔsàng ,信心 xìnxīn jiē .

Peter was dejected his confidence in tatters.

zài 盛怒 shèng nù 之下 zhī xià , Fēng xìn 撕得粉碎 fěnsuì .

In his passion, he tore the letter into pieces.

Words with xìn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
相信 xiāngxìn to believe相信 xiāngxìn
xìn letter xìn
信息 xìnxī news信息 xìnxī
信任 xìnrèn to trust信任 xìnrèn
信号 xìnhào signal信號
信心 xìnxīn confidence信心 xìnxīn
自信 zìxìn self-confidence自信 zìxìn
信仰 xìnyǎng firm belief信仰 xìnyǎng
通信 tōng xìn to communicate通信 tōng xìn
电信 diàn xìn telecommunications電信
难以置信 nán yǐ zhì xìn hard to believe難以置信
信用卡 xìnyòngkǎ credit card信用卡 xìnyòngkǎ
信用 xìn yòng to trust信用 xìn yòng
确信 quèxìn to be sure確信
信息化 xìn xī huà informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)信息化 xìn xī huà
信贷 xìn dài credit信貸
信念 xìnniàn faith信念 xìnniàn
写信 xiě xìn to write a letter寫信
坚信 jiān xìn to believe firmly堅信
来信 lái xìn incoming letter來信
信托 xìn tuō to entrust信託
信赖 xìnlài to trust信賴
信誉 xìnyù prestige信譽
信件 xìn jiàn letter (sent by mail)信件 xìn jiàn
信封 xìnfēng envelope信封 xìnfēng

xìn Decomposition & Compounds

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xìn Decomposition

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