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信

xìn

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character Measure word 封

信 (xìn) means "letter". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 信 means

1. letter
2. mail
3. to trust
4. to believe
5. to profess faith in
6. truthful
7. confidence
8. trust
9. at will
10. at random

Example sentences

• 她相信他
  Tā xiāngxìn tā
  She trusts him.
• 我信神。
  I believe in God.
• 相信我。
  Trust me.
• 可信吗？
  Is it believable?
• 我没信。
  I didn't believe it.
• 有信念。
  Have faith.

Words starting with 信

• 信息xìn xīinformation; news; message
• 信心xìn xīnconfidence; faith (in sb or sth)
• 信任xìn rènto trust; to have confidence in
• 信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card
• 信号xìn hàosignal
• 信封xìn fēngenvelope
• 信仰xìn yǎngto believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction
• 信念xìn niànfaith; belief; conviction
• 信誉xìn yùprestige; distinction; reputation
• 信赖xìn làito trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in
• 信箱xìn xiāngmailbox; post office box
• 信件xìn jiànletter (sent by mail)
• 信用xìn yòngtrustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint
• 信息化xìn xī huàinformatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)
• 信徒xìn túbeliever
• 信纸xìn zhǐletter paper; writing paper
• 信奉xìn fèngbelief; to believe (in sth)
• 信贷xìn dàicredit; borrowed money
• 信访xìn fǎngto make a complaint or a suggestion to the authorities by letter or by paying a visit
• 信函xìn hánletter; piece of correspondence (incl. email)
• 信托xìn tuōto entrust; trust bond (finance)
• 信用证xìn yòng zhèngletter of credit
• 信服xìn fúto have faith in; to believe in; to have confidence in
• 信誓旦旦xìn shì dàn dànto make a solemn vow

Words containing 信

• 相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
• 短信duǎn xìntext message; SMS
• 自信zì xìnto have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
• 明信片míng xìn piànpostcard
• 迷信mí xìnsuperstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth)
• 确信què xìnto be convinced; to be sure; to firmly believe
• 威信wēi xìnprestige; reputation; trust
• 写信xiě xìnto write a letter
• 通信tōng xìnto correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through…
• 电信diàn xìntelecommunications
• 来信lái xìnincoming letter; to send us a letter
• 诚信chéng xìnhonesty; trustworthiness; good faith
• 回信huí xìnto reply; to write back; letter written in reply
• 坚信jiān xìnto believe firmly; without any doubt
• 书信shū xìnletter; epistle
• 公开信gōng kāi xìnopen letter
• 发信fā xìnto post a letter
• 自信心zì xìn xīnself-confidence
• 难以置信nán yǐ zhì xìn(idiom) hard to believe; incredible
• 可信kě xìntrustworthy
• 深信shēn xìnto believe firmly
• 介绍信jiè shào xìnletter of introduction; recommendation letter; reference
• 推荐信tuī jiàn xìnrecommendation letter
• 平信píng xìnordinary mail (as opposed to air mail etc)

Characters built on 言

These share the phonetic component 言 (yán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 狺yínsnarling of dogs
• 訚yínrespectful; to speak gently

Characters that look like 信

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 债zhàidebt
• 侦zhēnto scout; to spy; to detect
• 谊yìfriendship; also pr. yí
• 弦xiánbow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring
• 炫xuànto dazzle; to boast; to show off
• 佶jídifficult to pronounce

Sounds the same

Read xìn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 衅quarrel; dispute; a blood sacrifice (arch.)
• 芯used in 芯子; Taiwan pr. xīn
• 囟fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
• 焮heat; flame; inflammation
• 舋variant of 衅; quarrel; dispute
• 㐰old variant of 信
• 伩variant of 信

Where 信 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Abstract Nouns & Key Concepts (HSK 3), HSK 3 Characters · Set 4 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xìn correctly.
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