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

• 深信因果 believe firmly in cause and effect
• 信心铭(信心銘) Xinxin Ming; Inscription on the Mind of Faith
• 不私收徒弟 不私蓄金钱 不私建道场 不私交信者(不私收徒弟 不私蓄金錢 不私建道場 不私交信者) 1. Fo Guang members do not privately accept disciples. 2. Fo Guang members do not privately save money. 3. Fo Guang members do not privately build temples. 4. Fo Guang members do not privately establish relationships with devotees.
• 信度 Sindhu
• 大信力 the power of great faith
• 随信心(隨信心) pursuing through faith
• 信成就发心(信成就發心) aspiration for enlightenment with the accomplishment of faith
• 四信 four kinds of faith
• 菩萨摩诃萨有十种不坏信(菩薩摩訶薩有十種不壞信) Great bodhisattvas have ten kinds of unbreakable faith.
• 信守承诺(信守承諾) keep your promises
• 信为道本(信為道本) Faith Is the Root of the Way
• 汉口正信会(漢口正信會) Hankou Right Faith Society
• 信念 trust ; faith; belief ; Belief
• 信众(信眾) devotees
• 诚信的力量(誠信的力量) The Strength of Honesty and Integrity
• 大乘起信论义记(大乘起信論義記) Notes on the Meaning of Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna; Dasheng Qixin Lun Yi Ji

Also contained in

纪念信封 、 数字信号处理器 、 虔信 、 报信 、 信石 、 化学信息素 、 真信 、 信函 、 拆信 、 信丰 、 信札 、 彩信 、 信誓旦旦 、 语音信箱 、 笃信 、 信以为真 、 信州区 、 信用 、 信件 、 误信 、 信息管理 、 信差 、 弃信 、 家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 、 信鸽 、 背信 、 守信用 、 坚信礼 、 首席信息官 、 信用评级 、 通信技术 、 信托 、 出错信息 、 确信 、 数位信号

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 4 Mahāyānasūtralāṃkāraśāstra (Dacheng Zhuangyan Jinglun) 大乘莊嚴經論 — count: 127
• Scroll 1 Amituo Jing Yao Jie 阿彌陀經要解 — count: 99
• Scroll 4 Exploring the Mysteries of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji) 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 98
• Scroll 6 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 92
• Scroll 103 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 90
• 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: 74
• 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 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 15
• 增益信 (增益信) 增益信 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 37 — count: 12
• 信世尊 (信世尊) 我必信世尊 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 36 — count: 9
• 信法 (信法) 歡喜信法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
• 信尊师 (信尊師) 汝等信尊師親子尼乾 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 8
• 生信 (生信) 便具生信 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 8
• 清信 (清信) 國內諸清信 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 7
• 遣信 (遣信) 遣信白言 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
• 信戒 (信戒) 願奉清信戒 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 答曰信 (答曰信) 答曰信為習 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 6