相信

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad. (相信)		相	信

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngxìn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ seon³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): siông-sin

(Hailu, HRS): siong^ˋ sin^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): xiong¹ xin⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): siŏng-séng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siong-sìn / siang-sìn

(Teochew, Peng'im): siang¹ sing³ / siang¹ sêng³
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹shian-shin₅ / ¹sian-sin₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngxìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangsìn
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-hsin⁴
  - Yale: syāng-syìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshinn
  - Palladius: сянсинь (sjansinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ seon³
  - Yale: sēung seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ sɵn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˊ xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ xin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: siong^ˋ sin^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /sioŋ⁵³ sin¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xiong¹ xin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sin⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siŏng-séng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nɛiŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: siong-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongsixn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /siɔŋ³³ sin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: siang-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangsixn
  - IPA (Penang): /siaŋ³³⁻²¹ sin²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siang¹ sing³ / siang¹ sêng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang sìng / siang sèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³³⁻²³ siŋ²¹³/, /siaŋ³³⁻²³ seŋ²¹³/

Note:

siang1 sing3 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
siang1 sêng3 - Jieyang.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹shian-shin₅
  - MiniDict: shian^平 shin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xian-xin₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹sian-sin₅
  - MiniDict: sian^平 sin^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /siã⁴⁴ sin/

Verb

相信

to believe (in); to trust; to have faith (in)
你相信上帝嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
你相信上帝吗？ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ xiāngxìn shàngdì ma? [Pinyin]
Do you believe in God?

我相信明天會好起來的。 [MSC, trad.]
我相信明天会好起来的。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ xiāngxìn míngtiān huì hǎo qǐlái de. [Pinyin]
I believe tomorrow will be better.

我相信勝利一定會屬於我們。 [MSC, trad.]
我相信胜利一定会属于我们。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ xiāngxìn shènglì yīdìng huì shǔyú wǒmen. [Pinyin]
I believe we will be victorious.

Synonyms

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信
信任 (xìnrèn)
信實／信实 (xìnshí)
信據／信据 (xìnjù) (literary, believe and accept as evidence)
憑信／凭信 (píngxìn)
深信 (shēnxìn) (to firmly believe)
置信 (zhìxìn) (chiefly used in the negative)

Dialectal synonyms of 相信 (“to believe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		相信
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	信
	Taiwan	相信
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	相信
	Harbin	相信
	Shenyang	相信, 信
	Malaysia	相信
	Singapore	相信
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	信
	Tangshan	信
	Cangzhou	信
	Baoding	信
	Shijiazhuang	信
	Jinan	信
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	信
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	信
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	信
	Wanrong	信
	Zhengzhou	信
	Xi'an	相信, 信
	Xining	相信, 信服, 信
	Xuzhou	相信, 信
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	相信, 信
	Lanzhou	相信
	Ürümqi	信, 相信
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	相信, 信, 信實
	Chongqing	信
	Wuhan	相信, 信
	Guiyang	相信, 信
	Kunming	相信, 信
	Guilin	相信
	Liuzhou	相信, 信
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	相信
	Yangzhou	相信, 信
	Nantong	相信, 信
	Hefei	相信, 信
Cantonese	Guangzhou	相信, 信
	Hong Kong	相信, 信
	Yangjiang	相信, 信
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	信
	Singapore (Guangfu)	信
Gan	Nanchang	相信, 信
Gan	Pingxiang	信
Hakka	Meixian	相信
	Yudu	相信
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	相信
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	相信
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	相信
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	相信
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	相信
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	相信
Huizhou	Jixi	相信
Jin	Taiyuan	相信, 信
	Xinzhou	相信, 信
	Linhe	相信, 信
	Jining	相信
	Hohhot	相信, 信
	Zhangjiakou	相信
	Handan	相信, 信
Northern Min	Jian'ou	相信
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	相信, 信用, 信
Southern Min	Xiamen	相信
	Quanzhou	相信
	Zhangzhou	相信
	Tainan	相信
	Penang (Hokkien)	相信
	Singapore (Hokkien)	相信
	Manila (Hokkien)	相信
	Chaozhou	相信
	Jieyang	相信, 相
	Singapore (Teochew)	相信
	Leizhou	信
	Haikou	相信
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	相信
Wu	Shanghai	相信
	Shanghai (Chongming)	相信
	Suzhou	相信
	Danyang	相信
	Hangzhou	相信
	Ningbo	相信
	Wenzhou	相信, 信
	Jinhua	相信
Xiang	Changsha	信
	Loudi	信
	Shuangfeng	相信, 信

Antonyms

懷疑／怀疑 (huáiyí)