信心

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (信心)		信	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ sam¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-sîm
• Eastern Min (BUC): séng-sĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-sim

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sing³ sim¹ / sêng³ sim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìnxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnsin
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-hsin¹
    • Yale: syìn-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnshin
    • Palladius: синьсинь (sinʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³ sam¹
    • Yale: seun sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ sim²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-sĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)niŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-sim
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siensym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing³ sim¹ / sêng³ sim¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sìng sim / sèng sim
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sim³³/, /seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sim³³/

Note: sêng3 sim1 - Jieyang.

Noun

信心

1. confidence

   投資信心／投资信心  ―  tóuzī xìnxīn  ―  investor confidence

   消費信心／消费信心  ―  xiāofèi xìnxīn  ―  consumer confidence

   信心爆棚  ―  xìnxīn bàopéng  ―  to be greatly confident

   只要有信心，困難必戰勝。 [MSC, trad.]
   只要有信心，困难必战胜。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhǐyào yǒu xìnxīn, kùnnan bì zhànshèng. [Pinyin]

   Difficulties can be overcome so long as you have confidence.

2. conviction; faith

   • 他表彰陳懷是一個實踐信心真義的革命信徒，並舉《聖經》教義闡明信心的重要性。他說：信心使摩西有勇氣帶領以色列人民出埃及，渡紅海，脫離強權控制；信心使約書亞有勇氣進入迦南，消滅敵人，建設國家。進而申言：「信心也能使我們像穿越精神上的約旦河一樣，穿越台灣海峽，而到達彼岸，回返大陸，戰勝惡魔，解救大陸同胞，重建中華民國。」 [MSC, trad.]
     他表彰陈怀是一个实践信心真义的革命信徒，并举《圣经》教义阐明信心的重要性。他说：信心使摩西有勇气带领以色列人民出埃及，渡红海，脱离强权控制；信心使约书亚有勇气进入迦南，消灭敌人，建设国家。进而申言：「信心也能使我们像穿越精神上的约旦河一样，穿越台湾海峡，而到达彼岸，回返大陆，战胜恶魔，解救大陆同胞，重建中华民国。」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: April 2011, Shao Ming-Huang (邵銘煌), 快刀與黑貓：蔣中正反攻大陸的想望, in 蔣中正日記與民國史研究 Vol. 2, p. 590, →ISBN →OCLC

     Tā biǎozhāng Chén Huái shì yīge shíjiàn xìnxīn zhēnyì de gémìng xìntú, bìngjǔ “shèngjīng” jiàoyì chǎnmíng xìnxīn de zhòngyàoxìng. Tā shuō: xìnxīn shǐ Móxī yǒu yǒngqì dàilǐng Yǐsèliè rénmín chū Āijí, dù Hónghǎi, tuōlí qiángquán kòngzhì; xìnxīn shǐ Yuēshūyà yǒu yǒngqì jìnrù Jiānán, xiāomiè dírén, jiànshè guójiā. Jìn'ér shēnyán: “Xìnxīn yě néng shǐ wǒmen xiàng chuānyuè jīngshén shàng de Yuēdàn Hé yīyàng, chuānyuè Táiwān Hǎixiá, ér dàodá bǐ'àn, huí fǎn dàlù, zhànshèng èmó, jiějiù dàlù tóngbāo, chóngjiàn Zhōnghuá Mínguó.” [Pinyin]

     He [Chiang Kai-shek] praised Chen Huai as a disciple of revolution who practiced the true meaning of faith, and then brought up Biblical teaching explaining the importance of faith. He said that faith allowed Moses to have the courage to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt, cross the Red Sea and free themselves from the control of the powerful; faith allowed Joshua the courage to enter Canaan, wipe out the enemy and establish the nation. By extension, he said, "Faith can also allow us, like crossing the River Jordan in spirit, to cross the Taiwan Strait, reach the opposite shore, return to the mainland, have victory in battle over the demons, rescue the compatriots on the mainland and reestablish the Republic of China."

Synonyms

• (confidence):

• 底氣／底气 (dǐqì)
• 把握 (bǎwò)
• 自信 (zìxìn)
• 自信心 (zìxìnxīn)
• 譜／谱 (pǔ)

 

• (conviction):

• 信仰 (xìnyǎng)
• 信念 (xìnniàn)
• 理念 (lǐniàn)

 

Derived terms

• 信心水準／信心水准 (xìnxīn shuǐzhǔn)

 

Descendants

• → Bouyei: xinqxiny
• → Zhuang: saenqsim

Japanese

Kanji in this term
信	心
しん Grade: 4	しん > じん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんじ​ん [shìńjíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) し​んじん [shíꜜǹjìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

• Homophone: 身心

Noun

信(しん)心(じん) • (shinjin) 

1. piety; devotion