Chinese symbol for “messenger”
信使
xìn shǐ
messenger; courier
The closest CC-CEDICT match for messenger is 信使 (xìn shǐ), defined as: messenger; courier.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “messenger”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 使 | shǐ | to make; to cause |
| 信差 | xìn chāi | messenger |
| 传令兵 (傳令兵) | chuán lìng bīng | (military) messenger; orderly |
| 价 | jiè | (literary) messenger; servant |
| 传话人 (傳話人) | chuán huà rén | messenger; communicator |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 信使.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 信息 | xìn xī | information; news; message |
| 相信 | xiāng xìn | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
| 信号 (信號) | xìn hào | signal |
| 信仰 | xìn yǎng | to believe in (a religion); firm belief |
| 信任 | xìn rèn | to trust; to have confidence in |
| 信心 | xìn xīn | confidence; faith (in sb or sth) |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 即使 | jí shǐ | even if; even though |
See also: Japanese symbol for “messenger”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.