信
xìnshēn HSK2

trust

信 xìn frequency
to believe verb
to believe; to trust; to give credence to

他们不信我们。

tā​men bù xìn wǒ​men.

They don't believe us.

他看见了，就信了。

tā kàn jiàn le, jiù xìn le.

He saw, and he believed.

letter noun
letter; mail; written correspondence

信上说你带她去了伦敦。

xìn shang shuō nǐ dài tā qu le lún​dūn.

The letter says you took her to London.

information nounverb
(bound form) information; news; message; word
trustworthiness nounadjective
trust; confidence; trustworthiness; credit
to profess faith in verb
to have religious faith in; to believe in (a religion)

我还是信上帝。

wǒ hái​shi xìn shàng​dì.

I still believe in God.

evidence noun
(bound form) sign; evidence; token; voucher
at will
at will; at random; without a plan
truly
(literary) truly; indeed; really
messenger
(literary) messenger; envoy
arsenic
(bound form) arsenic trioxide; red or white arsenic
[surname]
the Chinese surname Xin
to stay two nights
(literary) to stay for two consecutive nights
信 shēn
to stretch
(literary) to stretch; to extend; same_as 伸 shēn
to state
(literary) to state; to explain; same_as 申 shēn

Cross-References

Classifier

Same as

Has erhua variant

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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)