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Definitions

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

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Words Containing 信

信义区
xìn yì qū

Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan

信噪比
xìn zào bǐ

signal-to-noise ratio

微信
wēi xìn

Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯[téng xùn])

信阳市
xìn yáng shì

Xinyang, prefecture-level city in Henan

无征不信
wú zhēng bù xìn

without proof one can't believe it (idiom)

信天游
xìn tiān yóu

a style of folk music of Shaanxi

信口
xìn kǒu

to blurt sth out

信鸽
xìn gē

homing pigeon

送信
sòng xìn

to send word

崇信县
chóng xìn xiàn

Chongxin county in Pingliang 平涼|平凉[píng liáng], Gansu

光信号
guāng xìn hào

optical signal

发短信
fā duǎn xìn

to text

信用评等
xìn yòng píng děng

credit rating

不信任案
bù xìn rèn àn

no-confidence motion

信守
xìn shǒu

to abide by

信不过
xìn bù guò

to distrust

互信
hù xìn

mutual trust

听信
tīng xìn

to listen to information

可信度
kě xìn dù

degree of credibility

庾信
yǔ xìn

Yu Xin (513-581), poet from Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝 and author of Lament for the South 哀江南賦|哀江南赋

信号灯
xìn hào dēng

signal light

无信义
wú xìn yì

in bad faith

信仰者
xìn yǎng zhě

believer

逼供信
bī gòng xìn

to obtain confessions by compulsion

黑信
hēi xìn

blackmail

信息技术
xìn xī jì shù

information technology

唁信
yàn xìn

a letter of condolence

取信
qǔ xìn

to win the trust of

信德省
xìn dé shěng

Sindh province of Pakistan

家信
jiā xìn

letter (to or from) home

信意
xìn yì

at will

信口雌黄
xìn kǒu cí huáng

to speak off the cuff

数字通信
shù zì tōng xìn

digital communications

信息
xìn xī

information

公信力
gōng xìn lì

public trust

可信任
kě xìn rèn

trusty

迷信
mí xìn

superstition

信心百倍
xìn xīn bǎi bèi

brimming with confidence (idiom)

电信局
diàn xìn jú

central office

头信息
tóu xìn xī

header (computing)

通信负载
tōng xìn fù zài

communications load

印信
yìn xìn

official seal

次级房屋信贷危机
cì jí fáng wū xìn dài wēi jī

subprime mortgage crisis

信用社
xìn yòng shè

credit union

不信任投票
bù xìn rèn tóu piào

vote of no-confidence

置信水平
zhì xìn shuǐ píng

confidence level (math.)

模拟信号
mó nǐ xìn hào

analog signal

书信集
shū xìn jí

collected letters

孝悌忠信
xiào tì zhōng xìn

Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity

信号处理
xìn hào chǔ lǐ

signal processing

信息素
xìn xī sù

pheromone

信神者
xìn shén zhě

a believer

进行通信
jìn xíng tōng xìn

to communicate

管理信息库
guǎn lǐ xìn xī kù

Management Information Base

信笔
xìn bǐ

to write freely

虔信派
qián xìn pài

pious sect

信使
xìn shǐ

messenger

信纸
xìn zhǐ

letter paper

信差
xìn chāi

messenger

许信良
xǔ xìn liáng

Hsu Hsin-liang (1941-), Taiwanese politician

引信系统
yǐn xìn xì tǒng

fuzing system

信阳
xìn yáng

Xinyang, prefecture-level city in Henan

阿拉伯电信联盟
ā lā bó diàn xìn lián méng

Arab Telecommunication Union

拣信室
jiǎn xìn shì

mail sorting office

黑脚信天翁
hēi jiǎo xìn tiān wēng

(bird species of China) black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)

海信
hǎi xìn

Hisense (brand)

语音信箱
yǔ yīn xìn xiāng

voice mailbox

信风
xìn fēng

trade wind

通信服务
tōng xìn fú wù

communication service

经信委
jīng xìn wěi

Economy and Informatization Commission

信用卡
xìn yòng kǎ

credit card

通信技术
tōng xìn jì shù

communications technology

数字信号
shù zì xìn hào

digital signal

口信
kǒu xìn

oral message

偏听偏信
piān tīng piān xìn

selective listening

信宜市
xìn yí shì

Xinyi, county-level city in Maoming 茂名, Guangdong

破除迷信
pò chú mí xìn

to eliminate superstition (idiom)

信佛
xìn fó

to believe in Buddhism

信用证
xìn yòng zhèng

letter of credit

公众电信网路
gōng zhòng diàn xìn wǎng lù

public telephone network

深信不疑
shēn xìn bù yí

to believe firmly without any doubt (idiom)

普信男
pǔ xìn nán

(neologism c. 2020) an ordinary guy who imagines he is God's gift to womankind

阳信县
yáng xìn xiàn

Yangxin county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[bīn zhōu], Shandong

信贷
xìn dài

credit

信州
xìn zhōu

Xinzhou district of Shangrao, prefecture-level city 上饒市|上饶市, Jiangxi

写信
xiě xìn

to write a letter

回邮信封
huí yóu xìn fēng

self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE)

信教
xìn jiào

religious belief

凶信
xiōng xìn

fateful news

信报财经新闻
xìn bào cái jīng xīn wén

Hong Kong Economic Journal

不信任动议
bù xìn rèn dòng yì

motion of no confidence (against the government, in parliamentary debates)

私信
sī xìn

private correspondence; personal letter

信靠
xìn kào

trust

笃信好学
dǔ xìn hào xué

sincere belief and diligent study

前信号灯
qián xìn hào dēng

car front indicator

通信线路
tōng xìn xiàn lù

communication line

崇信
chóng xìn

Chongxin county in Pingliang 平涼|平凉[píng liáng], Gansu

随信
suí xìn

attached with the letter

单位信托
dān wèi xìn tuō

unit trust (finance)

通信协定
tōng xìn xié dìng

communications protocol

信步
xìn bù

to stroll

来信
lái xìn

incoming letter

卫奕信
wèi yì xìn

David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert, Governor of Hong Kong 1986-1992

发信
fā xìn

to post a letter

虔信
qián xìn

piety

信任
xìn rèn

to trust

电子信箱
diàn zǐ xìn xiāng

e-mail inbox

数据通信
shù jù tōng xìn

data communication

信息论
xìn xī lùn

information theory

音信
yīn xìn

message

鬼才信
guǐ cái xìn

who would believe it!

置信限
zhì xìn xiàn

confidence limit (math.)

忠信
zhōng xìn

faithful and honest

信号台
xìn hào tái

signal station

中国人权民运信息中心
zhōng guó rén quán mín yùn xìn xī zhōng xīn

Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Hong Kong

信用等级
xìn yòng děng jí

credit level

信管
xìn guǎn

a fuse (for explosive charge)

信用额
xìn yòng é

credit limit

航空信
háng kōng xìn

airmail letter

信函
xìn hán

letter

轻信
qīng xìn

to easily trust

求职信
qiú zhí xìn

cover letter

国际电信联盟
guó jì diàn xìn lián méng

International Telecommunications Union

信义乡
xìn yì xiāng

Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan

通信密度
tōng xìn mì dù

communications density

数位信号
shù wèi xìn hào

digital signal

信息图
xìn xī tú

infographic

信赖
xìn lài

to trust

信息茧房
xìn xī jiǎn fáng

(Internet) echo chamber

信得过
xìn de guò

trustworthy

信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài

to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)

家丑不可外传,流言切莫轻信
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn

Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)

捎信
shāo xìn

to take a letter

信筒
xìn tǒng

mailbox

自信心
zì xìn xīn

self-confidence

授信
shòu xìn

to extend credit (finance)

复信
fù xìn

to reply to a letter

信用评级
xìn yòng píng jí

credit rating

后信号灯
hòu xìn hào dēng

car rear indicator

书信
shū xìn

letter

相信
xiāng xìn

to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true

威信
wēi xìn

Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通[zhāo tōng], Yunnan

征信
zhēng xìn

to examine the reliability

信托
xìn tuō

to entrust

信件
xìn jiàn

letter (sent by mail)

诚信
chéng xìn

genuine

阳信
yáng xìn

Yangxin county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[bīn zhōu], Shandong

信标
xìn biāo

a signal

信仰
xìn yǎng

to believe in (a religion)

宠信
chǒng xìn

to dote on and trust

通信
tōng xìn

to correspond (by letter etc)

渺无音信
miǎo wú yīn xìn

to receive no news whatsoever about sb

深信
shēn xìn

to believe firmly

信徒
xìn tú

believer

不可撤销信用证
bù kě chè xiāo xìn yòng zhèng

irrevocable letter of credit

信誉
xìn yù

prestige

言而无信
yán ér wú xìn

untrustworthy; not true to one's word

平信
píng xìn

ordinary mail (as opposed to air mail etc)

转向信号
zhuǎn xiàng xìn hào

turn signal (auto.)

背信弃义
bèi xìn qì yì

breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray

移动通信网络
yí dòng tōng xìn wǎng luò

cell phone network

改信
gǎi xìn

to convert (to another religion)

快信
kuài xìn

letter sent by express mail

信誓旦旦
xìn shì dàn dàn

to make a solemn vow

黄信
huáng xìn

Huang Xin, character in The Water Margin

首席信息官
shǒu xí xìn xī guān

chief information officer (CIO)

信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé

to speak without thinking (idiom)

近场通信
jìn chǎng tōng xìn

(computing) near-field communication (NFC)

信息与通讯技术
xìn xī yǔ tōng xùn jì shù

information and communication technology, ICT

信众
xìn zhòng

believers

浸信会
jìn xìn huì

Baptists

信丰
xìn fēng

Xinfeng county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[gàn zhōu], Jiangxi

中国电信
zhōng guó diàn xìn

China Telecom (Chinese company providing mobile phone service)

信贷违约掉期
xìn dài wéi yuē diào qī

credit default swap (finance)

信用证券
xìn yòng zhèng quàn

instrument of credit

信用观察
xìn yòng guān chá

credit watch

信州区
xìn zhōu qū

Xinzhou district of Shangrao, prefecture-level city 上饒市|上饶市, Jiangxi

信从
xìn cóng

to trust and obey

信札
xìn zhá

letter

信手
xìn shǒu

casually

背信
bèi xìn

to break faith

信条
xìn tiáo

creed

中国国防科技信息中心
zhōng guó guó fáng kē jì xìn xī zhōng xīn

China Defense Science and Technology Information Center (CDSTIC)

信宿
xìn sù

(ancient) to lodge for two nights

挂号信
guà hào xìn

registered letter

织田信长
zhī tián xìn cháng

ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan

信道
xìn dào

(telecommunications) channel

黑背信天翁
hēi bèi xìn tiān wēng

(bird species of China) Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

国家互联网信息办公室
guó jiā hù lián wǎng xìn xī bàn gōng shì

Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)

通信地址
tōng xìn dì zhǐ

mail address

炒信
chǎo xìn

(of a business operator) to inflate one's reputation by dishonest means (e.g. posting fake reviews)

信访
xìn fǎng

to make a complaint or a suggestion to the authorities by letter or by paying a visit

兼听则明,偏信则暗
jiān tīng zé míng , piān xìn zé àn

listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)

信物
xìn wù

keepsake

信息灵通
xìn xi líng tōng

see 消息靈通|消息灵通[xiāo xi líng tōng]

值得信赖
zhí de xìn lài

trustworthy

信然
xìn rán

indeed

威信县
wēi xìn xiàn

Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通[zhāo tōng], Yunnan

网信办
wǎng xìn bàn

Cyberspace Administration of China

信赖区间
xìn lài qū jiān

confidence interval (statistics)

固网电信
gù wǎng diàn xìn

landline (fixed-line) telecommunications

信令
xìn lìng

signaling (engineering)

信念
xìn niàn

faith

言而有信
yán ér yǒu xìn

to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word

信息管理
xìn xī guǎn lǐ

information management

邮政信箱
yóu zhèng xìn xiāng

post office box

社会信用体系
shè huì xìn yòng tǐ xì

social credit system, a system that incentivizes individuals and businesses by creating consequences for good and bad behavior

善男信女
shàn nán xìn nǚ

lay practitioners of Buddhism

信服
xìn fú

to have faith in

失信被执行人
shī xìn bèi zhí xíng rén

(law) judgement defaulter (person who has failed to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement, such as paying compensation to sb, despite having the means to do so)

信经
xìn jīng

Credo (section of Catholic mass)

联邦通信委员会
lián bāng tōng xìn wěi yuán huì

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

守信用
shǒu xìn yòng

to keep one's word

信笺
xìn jiān

letter

韩信
hán xìn

Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng]

半信半疑
bàn xìn bàn yí

half doubting

出错信息
chū cuò xìn xī

error message (computing)

失信
shī xìn

to break a promise

短尾信天翁
duǎn wěi xìn tiān wēng

(bird species of China) short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

违信背约
wéi xìn bèi yuē

in violation of contract and good faith

信用危机
xìn yòng wēi jī

credit crisis

言必信,行必果
yán bì xìn , xíng bì guǒ

one must be a man of his word and resolute in his work (proverb)

引信
yǐn xìn

a detonator

可信
kě xìn

trustworthy

通信中心
tōng xìn zhōng xīn

communications center

信号
xìn hào

signal

通信卫星
tōng xìn wèi xīng

communications satellite

虔信主义
qián xìn zhǔ yì

fideism

他信
tā xìn

Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006

通信量
tōng xìn liàng

communications volume

守信
shǒu xìn

to keep promises

信天翁
xìn tiān wēng

albatross (family Diomedeidae)

凭信
píng xìn

to trust

电话信号
diàn huà xìn hào

telephone signal

置信
zhì xìn

(math.) confidence (interval etc)

公开信
gōng kāi xìn

open letter

信使核糖核酸
xìn shǐ hé táng hé suān

messenger RNA, mRNA

信用
xìn yòng

trustworthiness

推荐信
tuī jiàn xìn

recommendation letter

坚信礼
jiān xìn lǐ

confirmation (Christian ceremony)

信贷衍生产品
xìn dài yǎn shēng chǎn pǐn

credit derivative (in finance)

难以置信
nán yǐ zhì xìn

hard to believe

信宜
xìn yí

Xinyi, county-level city in Maoming 茂名, Guangdong

信以为真
xìn yǐ wéi zhēn

to take sth to be true

自信
zì xìn

to have confidence in oneself

置信区间
zhì xìn qū jiān

confidence interval (math.)

随信附上
suí xìn fù shàng

enclosed with (this) letter

电信号
diàn xìn hào

electrical signal

通信网络
tōng xìn wǎng luò

communications network

回信
huí xìn

to reply

触发引信
chù fā yǐn xìn

an impact detonator

误信
wù xìn

to falsely believe

信用风险
xìn yòng fēng xiǎn

credit risk

报信
bào xìn

to notify

电信
diàn xìn

telecommunications

亲信
qīn xìn

(often pejorative) trusted aide; confidant

信封
xìn fēng

envelope

死信
sǐ xìn

lost letter

虔信者
qián xìn zhě

pious believer

信心
xìn xīn

confidence

信息图形
xìn xī tú xíng

infographic

彩信
cǎi xìn

multimedia messaging service (MMS) (telecommunications)

信义
xìn yì

Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan

信息学
xìn xī xué

information science

信实
xìn shí

trustworthy

中国国际信托投资公司
zhōng guó guó jì xìn tuō tóu zī gōng sī

CITIC

风信子
fēng xìn zǐ

hyacinth (flower)

信奉
xìn fèng

belief

不可置信
bù kě zhì xìn

unbelievable; incredible

明信片
míng xìn piàn

postcard

定时信管
dìng shí xìn guǎn

timed detonator

信贷危机
xìn dài wēi jī

credit crisis

笃信
dǔ xìn

to sincerely believe

短信
duǎn xìn

text message

电信网路
diàn xìn wǎng lù

telecommunications network

使人信服
shǐ rén xìn fú

convincing

回信地址
huí xìn dì zhǐ

return address

信息化
xìn xī huà

informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)

信丰县
xìn fēng xiàn

Xinfeng county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[gàn zhōu], Jiangxi

电信诈骗
diàn xìn zhà piàn

wire fraud

遗传信息
yí chuán xìn xī

genetic information

据信
jù xìn

according to belief

爱立信
ài lì xìn

Ericsson (Swedish telecommunications company)

威信扫地
wēi xìn sǎo dì

to lose every scrap of reputation

贺信
hè xìn

congratulatory letter or message

信口胡说
xìn kǒu hú shuō

to speak without thinking; to blurt sth out

限时信
xiàn shí xìn

mail to be delivered by a specified time

化学信息素
huà xué xìn xī sù

semiochemical

杳无音信
yǎo wú yīn xìn

to have no news whatever

信箱
xìn xiāng

mailbox

听信谣言
tīng xìn yáo yán

to take heed of idle chatter (idiom)

置信系数
zhì xìn xì shù

confidence coefficient (math.)

语音信号
yǔ yīn xìn hào

voice signal

信息系统
xìn xī xì tǒng

information system

月信
yuè xìn

period

中信银行
zhōng xìn yín háng

China CITIC Bank

信息时代
xìn xī shí dài

information age

中国移动通信
zhōng guó yí dòng tōng xìn

China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company)

透信
tòu xìn

to disclose information; to tip off

确信
què xìn

to be convinced

坚信
jiān xìn

to believe firmly

将信将疑
jiāng xìn jiāng yí

half believing, half doubting