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[1] honest; truthful; faithful [2] trust; believe [3] letter; mail; news [4] carefree; aimless; at random unofficial simplification: 伩
 Additional PoS:  Stroke count: 9
Level: 1
Radical: 亻 (#9)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 25063 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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徵信社
zing1 seon3 se5 = (Taiwan) private investigator; credit bureau
自信踭
zi6 seon3 zaang1 = padded insoles for height, shoe lift inserts
信任
seon3 jam6 = trust, have confidence in
信用卡
seon3 jung6 kaat1 = credit card
信封
seon3 fung1 = envelope
信心
seon3 sam1 = confidence
信箱
seon3 soeng1 = [1] a post office box P.O.B. [2] a mailbox
相信
soeng1 seon3 = to believe; to trust; to be convinced
寫信
se2 seon3 = to write a letter
打單信
daa2 daan1 seon3 = blackmail letter 粵See all 184 compounds (CantoDict reports 201 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 14 examples containing 信
當你睇到呢封信嘅時候﹐我已經離開咗香港。 粵
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! :-)]
我對呢一點好有自信 粵
I have a lot of self-confidence about it. [Lit. I toward this one point very self-confident.]
女仔小心啲唔好輕信男人講嘢就OK嘞 粵
Girls will be all right as long as they are careful and don't believe in what the guys say. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : 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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