# 信仰
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xìnyǎng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄤˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seon$^3$ joeng$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhin$^1$ ngiang$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-ngióng
* Eastern Min (BUC): séng-ngiōng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-gióng / sìn-giáng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sing$^3$ ngiang$^2$ / sêng$^3$ ngiang$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$shin-gnian
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xìnyǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìnyǎng
*** Wade–Giles: hsin$^4$-yang$^3$
*** Yale: syìn-yǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnyeang
*** Palladius: синьян (sinʹjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕin⁵¹ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seon$^3$ joeng$^5$
*** Yale: seun yéuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soen$^3$ joeng$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sên$^3$ yêng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵn³³ jœːŋ¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhin$^1$ ngiang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬin³³ ᵑɡiaŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-ngióng
*** Hakka Romanization System: xin ngiong$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xin$^4$ ngiong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ ŋi̯oŋ³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-ngiōng
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ŋyoŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-gióng
*** Tâi-lô: sìn-gióng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sien'giorng
*** IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡiɔŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-giáng
*** Tâi-lô: sìn-giáng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sien'giarng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiaŋ⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sing$^3$ ngiang$^2$ / sêng$^3$ ngiang$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sìng ngiáng / sèng ngiáng
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ŋiaŋ⁵²/, /seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ŋiaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$shin-gnian
*** MiniDict: shin$^去$ nyan
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$xin-nyian
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin³³ n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/

### Verb

信仰
* to believe in (an ideology, faith or religion); to have faith in
    信仰宗教 ― xìnyǎng zōngjiào ― to have religious faith
       Yìdìliàn néng gěi wǒmen dàilái duōshǎo de huānlè, yǐzhìyú wǒmen shì nàme de xìnyǎng. [Pinyin]
       Long-distance love bring us so much joy, so much so that we put real faith in it.

#### Synonyms

* 信 (xìn)

### Noun

信仰
* belief; faith
    信仰真空 ― xìnyǎng zhēnkōng ― belief vacuum
    信仰危機／信仰危机 ― xìnyǎng wēijī ― belief crisis

#### Synonyms

* 信心 (xìnxīn)
* 信念 (xìnniàn)
* 理念 (lǐniàn)

#### Derived terms

* 信仰體系／信仰体系 (xìnyǎng tǐxì)
* 崇信 (chóngxìn)
* 巴哈伊信仰 (Bāhāyī Xìnyǎng)
* 民間信仰／民间信仰 (mínjiān xìnyǎng)
* 腾格里信仰

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 信仰(しんこう) (shinkō)
* → Korean: 신앙(信仰) (sinang)
* → Vietnamese: tín ngưỡng (信仰)

#### See also

* 宗教 (zōngjiào)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 信 | 仰 |
| しん Grade: 4 | こう Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しんこー [shìńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕĩŋko̞ː]
* Homophones: 親交, 進行, 進攻, 振興, 侵攻, 新港

### Noun

信(しん)仰(こう) • (shinkō)
* (religious) belief, faith

#### Related terms

* 宗教(しゅうきょう) (shūkyō): religion

### Verb

信(しん)仰(こう)する • (shinkō suru) suru (stem 信(しん)仰(こう)し (shinkō shi), past 信(しん)仰(こう)した (shinkō shita))
* to have faith in a religion, to profess faith in

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 信仰し | しんこうし | shinkō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 信仰し | しんこうし | shinkō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 信仰する | しんこうする | shinkō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 信仰する | しんこうする | shinkō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 信仰すれ | しんこうすれ | shinkō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 信仰せよ¹ 信仰しろ² | しんこうせよ¹ しんこうしろ² | shinkō seyo¹ shinkō shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 信仰される | しんこうされる | shinkō sareru |
| Causative | 信仰させる 信仰さす | しんこうさせる しんこうさす | shinkō saseru shinkō sasu |
| Potential | 信仰できる | しんこうできる | shinkō dekiru |
| Volitional | 信仰しよう | しんこうしよう | shinkō shiyō |
| Negative | 信仰しない | しんこうしない | shinkō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 信仰せず | しんこうせず | shinkō sezu |
| Formal | 信仰します | しんこうします | shinkō shimasu |
| Perfective | 信仰した | しんこうした | shinkō shita |
| Conjunctive | 信仰して | しんこうして | shinkō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 信仰すれば | しんこうすれば | shinkō sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 信 | 仰 |

### Noun

信仰 • (sinang) (hangeul 신앙)
* hanja form of 신앙 (“faith; religious belief”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 信 | 仰 |

### Noun

信仰
* chữ Hán form of tín ngưỡng (“traditional belief”).