# 迷信
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): míxìn
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mai$^4$ seon$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì-sin
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bê-sìn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mi$^5$ sing$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: míxìn
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mísìn
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^2$-hsin$^4$
*** Yale: mí-syìn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mishinn
*** Palladius: мисинь (misinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^4$ seon$^3$
*** Yale: màih seun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^4$ soen$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^4$ sên$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐi̯²¹ sɵn³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì-sin
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi$^ˇ$ xin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mi$^2$ xin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹ sin⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bê-sìn
*** Tâi-lô: bê-sìn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: besixn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /be²⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /be²⁴⁻¹¹ sin¹¹/
*** IPA (Singapore): /be²⁴⁻²¹ sin²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /be²³⁻³³ sin²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /be²⁴⁻²² sin⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /be¹³⁻²² sin²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mi$^5$ sing$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mî sìng
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ²¹³/

### Verb

迷信
* (transitive, intransitive) to be superstitious; to hold superstitious beliefs
    迷信鬼神 ― míxìn guǐshén ― to be superstitious about ghosts and spirits
    他好迷信哦！ ― Tā hǎo míxìn ò! ― He is quite superstitious!
* (transitive, intransitive) to have blind faith (in); to believe blindly

#### Synonyms

* (to have blind faith): 盲信 (mángxìn)

### Noun

迷信
* superstition; superstitious belief
       Pòchú míxìn, chóngshàng kēxué. [Pinyin]
       Do away with superstitions and promote science.

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 迷信(めいしん) (meishin)
* → Korean: 미신(迷信) (misin)
* → Vietnamese: mê tín (迷信)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 迷 | 信 |
| めい Grade: 5 | しん Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) めーしん [mèéshíń] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) めーしん [mèéshíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [me̞ːɕĩɴ]

### Noun

迷(めい)信(しん) • (meishin)
* superstition
    迷(めい)信(しん)を信(しん)じる。
       Meishin o shinjiru.
       She is superstitious.
** 1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “絶(ぜつ)滅(めつ)の島(しま) [Island of Extinction]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 104:
    すんません。ケナシザルの黒(くろ)焼(や)きは、円(えん)形(けい)脱(だつ)毛(もう)症(しょう)に効(き)くと聞きまして………。それは、ただの迷(めい)信(しん)だ。
       Sunmasen. Kenashizaru no kuroyaki wa, enkei datsumōshō ni kiku to kikimashite……….
       Sorry. It’s just that I heard the charred med made of these hairless apes would help cure spot baldness……….
       Sore wa, tada no meishin da.
       That’s just a common misconception.
** 2005 August 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)六十四訓(くん)　キャラクターはシルエットだけで読(どく)者(しゃ)に見(み)分(わ)けがつくように描(か)き分(わ)けよう [Lesson 64: Characters Should Be Drawn So That Readers Can Make Them Out with just the Silhouettes]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
    どっかでミミズに小(しょう)便(べん)でも　ひっかけてきたんじゃないかィ？腫(は)れるっていうよね何(なに)言(い)っちゃってんの　迷(めい)信(しん)だろそんな…
       Dokka de mimizu ni shōben demo hikkaketekitan ja nai ki? Harerutte iu yo ne
       Did you piss on a worm somewhere? You said swollen right?
       Nani itchatten no Meishin daro sonna…
       What you talkin’ about? That’s just a superstition…

#### Derived terms

* 迷(めい)信(しん)的(てき) (meishinteki)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 迷 | 信 |

### Noun

迷信 • (misin) (hangeul 미신)
* hanja form of 미신 (“superstition”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 迷 | 信 |

### Verb

迷信
* chữ Hán form of mê tín (“to be superstitious”).