信 xìn

1. xìn verb to believe; to trust
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 信 is synonymous with 相信 or 信任 in this sense (FE '信' 3; GDC '信' 5; Kroll 2015 '信' 1a, p. 508)
2. xìn noun a letter
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 信 is synonymous with 书信 in this sense (FE '信' 6; Kroll 2015 '信' 5, p. 508)
3. xìn noun evidence
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 信物 (FE '信' 7; GHC '信' 7; Kroll 2015 '信' 2a, p. 508)
4. xìn noun faith; confidence
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '信' 1; Kroll 2015 '信' 1c, p. 508)
5. xìn adjective honest; sincere; true
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 信 is synonymous with 诚 in this sense (FE '信' 1; GHC '信' 1; Kroll 2015 '信' 1, p. 508)
6. xìn noun proof; a certificate; a receipt; a voucher
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 信 is synonymous with 凭证 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '信' 2, p. 508)
7. xìn noun an official holding a document
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Such as a document or letter to be delivered as a diplomatic mission (FE '信' 4; GHC '信' 8; Kroll 2015 '信' 3, p. 508)
8. xìn adverb willfully; randomly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 信 is synonymous with 随便 in this sense (FE '信' 8)
9. xìn adverb truly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: May be used in Literary Chinese to emphasize a supposition in a complex sentence with a subordinating conjunction (like 'if') (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 153; Kroll 2015 '信' 1b, p. 508; GHC '信' 2).
10. xìn noun a gift
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '信' 6, p. 508)
11. xìn noun credit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 信用 (GHC '信' 3)
12. xìn adverb on time; regularly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 准时 (FE '信' 9; GHC '信' 4)
13. xìn adjective to lodge in one place two or more nights in a row
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '信' 10; Kroll 2015 '信' 4, p. 508)
14. xìn noun news; a message
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (FE '信' 5)
15. xìn noun arsenic
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 信石 (CCD 2 '信')
16. xìn verb Faith
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
17. xìn noun faith; confidence
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Concept: Mental Factor 心所
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śraddhā, Pali: saddhā, Japanese: shin, Tibetan: dad pa; faith is the first in the four stages of practice 信解行证 and the first of the 五力 pañcabala 'five powers' (BCSD '信', p. 133; BL 'śraddhā', pp. 847-848; FGDB '信'; MW 'śraddhā')

Contained in

• 信力入印法门经(信力入印法門經) Śraddhābāladhānāavatāramudrāsūtra; Xin Li Ru Yin Famen Jing
• 信力坚固者(信力堅固者) those who are firm in resolve
• 清信士 male lay person; upāsaka
• 信仰是神圣(信仰是神聖) faith is sacred
• 信行 faith and practice ; Xinxing
• 难信(難信) hard to believe
• 大信力 the power of great faith
• 三资粮; 1. 信 2. 愿 3. 行(三資糧; 1. 信 2. 願 3. 行) Three Supports: 1. faith; 2. vows; 3. practice
• 能信 able to believe
• 仁义礼智信(仁義禮智信) benevolence, righteousness, ceremony, learning, and faithfulness
• 信徒代表 Devotees' Representative
• 1. 佛光人要发挥集体创作的成就 2. 佛光人要坚守非佛不作的信念 3. 佛光人要认同制度领导的精神 4. 佛光人要遵从唯法所依的准则(1. 佛光人要發揮集體創作的成就 2. 佛光人要堅守非佛不作的信念 3. 佛光人要認同制度領導的精神 4. 佛光人要遵從唯法所依的準則) 1. Fo Guang members should accomplish by collective effort. 2. Fo Guang members should believe in doing only what is in accord with Buddhism. 3. Fo Guang members should recognize the spirit of leadership by system. 4. Fo Guang members should abide by the principle of relying on nothing but the Dharma.
• 致护法朋友的一封信(致護法朋友的一封信) Letter to Dharma Protectors and Friends
• 信心门(信心門) The Gate of Faith
• 汉口正信会(漢口正信會) Hankou Right Faith Society
• 信度河 Indus River
• 四信 four kinds of faith

Also contained in

守信用 、 通信中心 、 听信 、 信天翁 、 鬼才信 、 信噪比 、 信意 、 置信限 、 费信 、 来信 、 碳信用 、 数字通信 、 口信 、 弃信 、 推荐信 、 捎信 、 信女 、 信仰体系 、 电子信箱 、 进行通信 、 人而无信，不知其可 、 自信心 、 崇信 、 信标 、 风信子 、 信贷违约掉期 、 信用观察 、 虔信主义 、 取信于人 、 违信背约 、 不信用 、 信用危机 、 信用卡 、 轻信

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 4 Mahāyānasūtralāṃkāraśāstra (Dacheng Zhuangyan Jinglun) 大乘莊嚴經論 — count: 127
• Scroll 4 Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 103
• Scroll 1 Amituo Jing Yao Jie 阿彌陀經要解 — count: 99
• Scroll 6 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 94
• Scroll 103 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 92
• Scroll 173 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 88 , has parallel version
• Scroll 6 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 85
• Scroll 24 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 80
• Scroll 16 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 75
• Scroll 1 Huayan Yi Cheng Cheng Fo Miao Yi 華嚴一乘成佛妙義 — count: 74

Collocations

• 信族 (信族) 有信族姓男 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 15
• 增益信 (增益信) 增益信 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 37 — count: 12
• 信法 (信法) 歡喜信法 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
• 信尊师 (信尊師) 汝等信尊師親子尼乾 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 8
• 生信 (生信) 便具生信 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 8
• 遣信 (遣信) 遣信白言 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
• 清信 (清信) 國內諸清信 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 7
• 成就信 (成就信) 成就信尸賴 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 33 — count: 6
• 答曰信 (答曰信) 答曰信為習 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 6
• 信戒 (信戒) 願奉清信戒 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 6