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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[xìn]
  1. 1. verb [相信] believe
    readily believe
  2. 2. verb [信奉]
    be religious
    佛教
    be a Buddhist
  3. 3. adverb [信奉] at will
    口开河
    shoot one's mouth off
  4. 4. noun [书信] letter
    letterbox (英)
  5. 5. noun [书信] mailbox (美)
    send a letter
  6. 6. noun [信息] information
    verbal message
  7. 7. noun [信用] trust
    lose trust
  8. 8. noun [凭据] proof
    evidence

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[xìn]
  1. 1. adjective true; real
  2. 2. noun confidence; trust; faith
    signal
  3. 3. noun sign; evidence
  4. 4. noun letter; mail
    写封
    write a letter
    我给他寄了一封
  5. 5. noun message; word; information
    还没有儿呢。
    No news yet.
    你到了那儿就给我来个儿。
    Please send me word of your arrival.
    终于有儿子的儿了,母亲可以放心了。
    你一有货,就给我儿。
  6. 6. verb believe
    由你。
    Believe it or not.
    他的话。
    Don't believe him.
    我不他能赢。
    I don't believe he can win.
    我怎么样他都不
    我们都了他的谎言。
    我们不他的实力。
  7. 7. verb profess faith in; believe in
    西方国家的居民多耶稣。
  8. 8. verb at will; at random; without plan
    take a leisurely walk; stroll; walk aimlessly

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[xìn]
  1. 1. 形 [文] 言语真实;确实
    而有征。
    史。
  2. 2. 对人真诚,不虚伪
    守诺言。
    实。
    用。
  3. 3. 凭据
    物。
  4. 4. 名 [文] 使。
  5. 5. 消息
    儿的来了。
    儿。
    息。
  6. 6. 按固定格式写给一定对象的,传达息的文字材料
    介绍
  7. 7. 任凭;随着
    口开河。
    手拈来。
    步走去。
  8. 8.
    真实可
    任。
    赖。
  9. 9. 仰(宗教)
    教。
    佛。
    奉。
    徒。
  10. 10.

Examples

你把你的留在这儿,等明天和我的一发寄出。
Leave your letter with me, and I'll post it together with mine tomorrow. 一发
最近总是收到这些莫名其妙的, 这也是骚扰吧。 信骚扰
拜托您捎个给他。
Would you be kind enough to take a message to him? 拜托
帮忙把这封寄一下好吗?
Will you do me a favour and mail this letter? 帮忙
扯得粉碎
tear the letter to pieces
是我当面交给主任的。
I handed the letter to the director personally. 当面
叠好
fold the letter
他把两封订在一起。
He stapled the two letters together.
已经交给他了。
I've handed the letter to him.
过了好几个月我才收到他的
Several months passed before I heard from him.

Character Decomposition


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