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信 xìn letter; have faith in, believe - Mandarin Chinese
Definition[edit | edit source]
Radical is 人 rén “person”, which is written 亻 when occurring at the left side of a character so as not to get in the way of the component at the right. The colloquial name for this radical is 人字旁 rénzìpáng “side made up of the character 人.” The other component is 言 yán “speech”. The idea is that a “person’s” 人 “speech” 言 is to be “believed” 信. Distinguish 信 from 言.
Examples[edit | edit source]
- 信 Xìn Xin [SN]
- 信 xìn letter [N]; have faith in, believe
- 来信 (來信) láixìn send a letter (to where speaker is) [VO]
- 明信片 míngxìnpiàn picture postcard [N]
- 回信 huíxìn respond with a letter [VO]
- 信用 xìnyòng credit; trustworthiness [N]
- 相信 xiāngxìn believe, believe in [V]
Video[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler
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