| 辛 | xīn | (of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious; suffering; eighth of the ten heavenly stems 十天干; eighth in order; octa |
| 辛亥革命 | Xīn hài gé mìng | the Xinhai revolution of 1911 that ended the Qing dynasty |
| 辛勤 | xīn qín | hardworking; industrious |
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | hard; exhausting; with much toil; thanks for your trouble |
| 辛迪加 | xīn dí jiā | syndicate (loanword) |
| 辛酸 | xīn suān | pungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad; miserable |
| 辛辣 | xīn là | spicy hot (taste); fig. biting (criticism) |
| 辛辛苦苦 | xīn xīn kǔ kǔ | painstakingly; with great trouble |
| 辛丑 | xīn chǒu | thirty eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021; cf 辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising |
| 辛烷值 | xīn wán zhí | octane rating |
| 辛酉 | xīn yǒu | fifty eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041 |
| 辛劳 | xīn láo | laborious |
| 辛丑条约 | xīn chǒu tiáo yuē | protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the Eight-power allied force intervention after the Boxer uprising |
| 辛亥 | xīn hài | forty eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031; cf 辛亥革命, Xinhai revolution of 1911 |
| 辛伐他汀 | xīn fá tā tīng | simvastatin |
| 辛勤耕耘 | xīn qín gēng yún | to make industrious and diligent efforts (idiom) |
| 辛卯 | xīn mǎo | twenty eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071 |
| 辛巳 | xīn sì | eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061 |
| 辛普森 | Xīn pǔ sēn | Simpson (name) |
| 辛普森一家 | Xīn pǔ sēn yī jiā | The Simpsons (US TV series) |
| 辛未 | xīn wèi | eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051 |
| 辛格 | xīn gé | Sikh name Singh |
| 辛贝特 | xīn bèi tè | Shin Bet (Israel national security service) |
| 辛集 | Xīn jí | Xinji county level city in Shijiazhuang 石家庄, Hebei |
| 辛集市 | Xīn jí shì | Xinji county level city in Shijiazhuang 石家庄, Hebei |
