Xīn ān 
		Xin'an county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xīn 
		new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xīn 
		abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]
surname Xin
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			xīn 
		heart
mind
intention
center
core
CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xìn 
		letter
mail
CL:封[feng1]
to trust
to believe
to profess faith in
truthful
confidence
trust
at will
at random
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xīn 
		(of taste) hot or pungent
hard
laborious
suffering
eighth in order
eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 285°
octa
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xīn 
		(used in names of people and shops, symbolizing prosperity)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			diǎn xin 
		light refreshments
pastry
dimsum (in Cantonese cooking)
dessert
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xīn 
		Asarum
Wild ginger
also 細辛|细辛[xi4 xin1]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Hán Xìn 
		Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			guó xīn bàn 
		State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
abbr. for 國務院新聞辦公室|国务院新闻办公室[Gúo wù yuàn Xīn wén Bàn gōng shì]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bīng Xīn 
		Bing Xin (1900-1999), female poet and children's writer
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xīn yí 
		Xin'yi city in Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], Jiangsu
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xīn xiàn 
		Xin county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zhú běi shì 
		Zhubei or Chupei city in Hsinchu county 新竹縣|新竹县[Xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dá jǐ 
		Daji (c. 11th century BC), mythical fox spirit and concubine of the last Shang Dynasty Emperor Zhou Xin 紂辛|纣辛[Zhou4 Xin1]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xīn yí shì 
		Xin'yi city in Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], Jiangsu
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fǎn qīng 
		anti-Qing
refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai revolution 辛亥革命 [xīn hài gé mìng]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xìn 
		quarrel
dispute
a blood sacrifice (arch.)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xìn 
		fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xīn Ān xiàn 
		Xin'an county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xīn cháo 
		the Xin dynasty (8-23 AD) of Wang Mang 王莽, forming the interregnum between the former and later Han
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yǔ Xìn 
		Yu Xin (513-581), poet from Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝 and author of Lament for the South 哀江南賦|哀江南赋
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Huáng Xìn 
		Huang Xin, character in The Water Margin
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			duàn xiù zhī pǐ 
		lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xīn 
		to prepare horses and chariots for battle
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xīn 
		pleased
delighted
happy
variant of 欣
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn dài xīn rú jiā 
		Modern New Confucianism
see also 新儒家[xīn rú jiā]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xìn 
		variant of 釁|衅
quarrel
dispute
a blood sacrifice (arch.)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			juǎn xīn cài 
		variant of 卷心菜[juǎn xīn cài]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Āi Jiāng nán fù 
		Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zhòu Xīn 
		Zhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last emperor of the of Shang Dynasty
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xìn 
		variant of 信[xin4] (originally meant as part of the second round of simplified Chinese characters)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fèi wù diǎn xin 
		(coll.) a good-for-nothing
loser