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xìn

Main
English Definition	letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
Simplified Script	信
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	xìn
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	seon³
Part of Speech	(名) noun, (形) adjective, (动) verb, (副) adverb
Measure Words	封
Topical Word Lists	Part of society/virtues
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=2,3 TOCFL=3,5

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Words With Same Head Word
信用卡	xìnyòng kǎ	credit card
信封	xìnfēng	envelope
信箱	xìnxiāng	mailbox; post office box
信心	xìnxīn	confidence; faith (in somebody or something)
信号	xìnhào	signal

Words With Same Tail Word
相信	xiāngxìn	to be convinced (that something is true); to believe; to accept something as true
回信	huíxìn	to reply; to write back; letter written in reply
自信	zìxìn	to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
通信	tōngxìn	to correspond (by letter etc); to communicate; communication
来信	láixìn	incoming letter; to send us a letter

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