xīn

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Source form: 辛
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

辛 辛 [xin1] /(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/

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Xīn

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Source form: 辛
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
surname Xin
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

辛 辛 [Xin1] /surname Xin/

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