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  seon3   jyutping
  xin4   pinyin
[1] honest; truthful; faithful
[2] trust; believe
[3] letter; mail; news
[4] carefree; aimless; at random

unofficial simplification:
nounAdditional PoS: verb
Stroke count: 9
Level: 1
Radical: (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 22719 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Dec 2012 03:33

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detail  zing1 seon3 se5  zheng1 xin4 she4 = (Taiwan) private investigator; credit bureau
detail  zi6 seon3 zaang1   = padded insoles for height, shoe lift inserts
detail  seon3 jam6  xin4 ren4 = trust, have confidence in
detail  seon3 jung6 kaat1  xin4 yong4 ka3 = credit card
detail  seon3 fung1  xin4 feng1 = envelope
detail  seon3 sam1  xin4 xin1 = confidence
detail  seon3 soeng1  xin4 xiang1 = [1] a post office box P.O.B. [2] a mailbox
detail  soeng1 seon3  xiang1 xin4 = to believe; to trust; to be convinced
detail  se2 seon3  xie3 xin4 = to write a letter
detail  daa2 daan1 seon3   = blackmail letter
See all 184 compounds (CantoDict reports 201 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 14 examples containing 信
detail audio 信教
I am not religious
detail audio 乜嘢?
What is your religion?
detail audio 廣東話
My Cantonese is better than you think!
[bragging]
detail audio 聖誕老人?
Do you believe in Father Christmas?
detail 相信聖誕老公公
Do you believe in Father Christmas?
detail audio 睇到封信時候已經離開香港
By the time you read this letter, I will have already left Hong Kong.
[This line of dialogue is often heard in TV soap operas! :-)]
detail 一點信心
I‘m very confident about this.
[Lit. I towards this point very confident]
detail 一點自信
I have a lot of self-confidence about it.
[Lit. I toward this one point very self-confident.]
detail audio 充滿信心
I have complete confidence in you.
detail 激將法毅力信心
We'll urge by ridiculing him until he regains the will power and confidence.
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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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