# 相信
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiāngxìn
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng$^1$ seon$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): siông-sin
    (Hailu, HRS): siong$^ˋ$ sin$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): xiong$^1$ xin$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): siŏng-séng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siong-sìn / siang-sìn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siang$^1$ sing$^3$ / siang$^1$ sêng$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$shian-shin$_5$ / $^1$sian-sin$_5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngxìn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siangsìn
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^1$-hsin$^4$
*** Yale: syāng-syìn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshinn
*** Palladius: сянсинь (sjansinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soeng$^1$ seon$^3$
*** Yale: sēung seun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soeng$^1$ soen$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêng$^1$ sên$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːŋ⁵⁵ sɵn³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-sin
*** Hakka Romanization System: xiong$^ˊ$ xin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xiong$^1$ xin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: siong$^ˋ$ sin$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /sioŋ⁵³ sin¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xiong$^1$ xin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sin⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siŏng-séng
*** Sinological IPA : /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: siang$^1$ sing$^3$ / siang$^1$ sêng$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang sìng / siang sèng
*** Sinological IPA : /siaŋ³³⁻²³ siŋ²¹³/, /siaŋ³³⁻²³ seŋ²¹³/
* siang1 sing3 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
* siang1 sêng3 - Jieyang.

### Verb

相信
* to believe (in); to trust; to have faith (in)
       Nǐ xiāngxìn shàngdì ma? [Pinyin]
       Do you believe in God?
       Wǒ xiāngxìn míngtiān huì hǎo qǐlái de. [Pinyin]
       I believe tomorrow will be better.
       Wǒ xiāngxìn shènglì yīdìng huì shǔyú wǒmen. [Pinyin]
       I believe we will be victorious.
** 1963, 瓊瑤, chapter 2, in 窗外:
       Wǒ yě céngjīng huànxiǎng guò liàn'ài, wǒ mèng lǐ de nánrén tài wánměi le, wǒ xiāngxìn quán shìjiè dōu bù huì zhǎo chū zhèyàng de nánrén, suǒyǐ wǒ yīdìng bù huì liàn'ài! [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (literary) to trust one another
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Zhūshā zhōngchén ér lì wú jiéxíng zhī rén, shì nèi shǐ qúnchén bù xiàngxìn, ér wài shǐ dòushì zhī yì lí yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

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

#### Antonyms

* 懷疑／怀疑 (huáiyí)