信
xìn HSK2

trust

信 xìn
letter noun
a written message, piece of mail, or correspondence

我给你写了一封信。

wǒ gěi nǐ xiě le yī fēng xìn.

I wrote you a letter.

trust verb
to believe in, have faith in, or possess confidence in someone or something

我不信他说的话。

wǒ bù xìn tā shuō de huà.

I don't believe what he says.

news idiom
information or message about someone or something

他走后一直没有他的信，家里人都非常担心他。

tā zǒu hòu yī​zhí méi​yǒu tā de xìn, jiā​lǐ​rén dōu fēi​cháng dān​xīn tā.

There has been no word from him since he left, and his family is very worried about him.

truthful verb
honest, reliable, or sincere in character

信是做人的基本准则，无论如何都不能失信于人。

xìn shì zuò​rén de jī​běn zhǔn​zé, wú​lùn​rú​hé dōu bù néng shī​xìn yú rén.

Trustworthiness is a fundamental principle of life; one must never break one's word to others.

at will verb
acting at random, without restraint, or casually

他在公园里信步而行。

tā zài gōng​yuán lǐ xìn bù ér xíng.

He strolled leisurely in the park.

Cross-References

Classifier

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
176th most common 1189.9 per million
Movie subtitles
147th most common 1236.7 per million appears in 98% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
222.1 per million appears in 46% of films
Written text
286.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+4FE1

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)